For more than thirty years Angela Gillespie has sent friends and family around the world an end-of-the-year letter titled Hello from the Gillespies. Its always been cheery and full of good news. This year Angela surprises herself - she tells the truth. The Gillespies are far from the perfect family that Angela has made them out to be. Her husband is coping poorly with retirement. Her 32-year-old twins are having career meltdowns. Her third daughter badly in debt cant stop crying. And her ten-year-old son spends more time talking to his imaginary friend than to real ones. Without Angela the family would fall apart. But when Angela is taken from them in a most unexpected manner the Gillespies pull together - and pull themselves together - in wonderfully surprising ways.