A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.