MargDuffield(LeeRemick)istheMainewifeofAl(JosephSommer)whosedaughterPeg(MarleeMatlin)isdeaf.Peg'shusbandiskilledinacaraccidentonthewaytovisittheMainehouse, andtheDuffield'stakeinPeg'ssixyearolddaughter, Lisa, whilePegrecovers.SinceLisaisaspeakingchild, MargthinksofherthewayshewantedPegtobe, andseeks...