Set in the mid-fifties, a respected doll maker, Samuel Mullins, and his wife, Esther, are struck by tragedy when their daughter, Bee, suddenly dies in an accident. 12 years later a bus of orphans along with their chaperone, Sister Charlotte, arrive at the Mullins residence. Samuel and Esther (now bedridden because of a “condition”), have invited the orphans to stay with them. The children, all young girls, are excited and call the house a castle. They laugh and joke that if t