When Ethel Savage inherits a fortune from her late husband, she makes a shocking decision: give it away.

While her ambitious stepchildren, a socialite, a senator, and a judge, scheme to protect the family wealth, they commit Ethel to The Cloisters, a quiet home that feels more like a sanctuary than a mental institution.

But inside The Cloisters, Ethel discovers a community of imaginative, tenderhearted residents whose warmth and wisdom challenge everything the outside world calls “normal.”