Losing Balance

Jessika a precocious teenage girl with loving parents and a goodnatured older sister is the center of a slightly eccentric family A series of small events disrupts their delicately balanced ecosystem Jessikas father loses his job and becomes bored and despondent while Jessikas mother reenters the workforce and becomes empowered These events act as catalysts for the slow painful disintegration of the family with each member committing shocking acts of alienation and selfdestruction Desperately wanting her family but at the same time desiring her adolescent independence Jessika struggles to find the best way to restore a balance