Chronically ill and without long to live, the elderly Edna Frank requests that her caregiver, Andrea Williams, act as a stenographer for her autobiography. Thinking she'll be helping her client leave behind her legacy, Andrea agrees despite her inability to pen the story adequately. As time passes, Edna's true intentions in the endeavor remain unclear, and Andrea begins to realize just how much the tale parallels her own reality. The two women, though separate in years, are much more similar than what at first meets the eye and their friendship becomes infinitely more important than what either of them had initially anticipated.