After she dis­cov­ers her hus­band’s infi­deli­ty, Rachel Cohen, reel­ing from hurt and shame, escapes to a rental house in the idyl­lic town of Wood­bury, near Boston. She winds up next door to her col­league Cyn­thia Mey­er, who-unlike Rachel-seems to have every­thing in this town where par­ents are high achiev­ers, chil­dren excel, and prob­lems are sealed inside well-tend­ed hous­es. Cyn­thi­a’s a suc­cess­ful VP in cor­po­rate giv­ing, who helped fund Rachel’s lat­est envi­ron­men­tal project for ele­men­tary kids. Cyn­thi­a’s hus­band is a pio­neer­ing researcher in break­through can­cer treat­ments. Their only child, Lau­ren, is set to grad­u­ate high school in the spring.

Pre­tens­es shat­ter the day an ambu­lance pulls up in front of the Mey­ers’ house and Rachel watch­es help­less­ly as Lau­ren is car­ried away on a stretch­er. Amid their tur­moil, Rachel and the Mey­ers’ lives begin to inter­twine. When they adopt an ancient spir­i­tu­al prac­tice called the Count­ing of the Omer, it leads them down uncon­ven­tion­al path­ways for answers.

Evening Begins the Day shines a light on the com­plex­i­ty of two fam­i­lies in cri­sis and their trans­for­ma­tion from iso­la­tion to com­mu­ni­ty, lone­li­ness to hope and joy.