在这部今生剧情片中,故事描述单身母亲兼生活方式专栏作家Natalie Lawson（Torri Higginson，《星际之门：亚特兰蒂斯》）得知自己身患晚期癌症，她和她的家人必须在她去世前做好一切「准备工作」。Lauren Lee Smith扮演Natalie的妹妹Maggie，她以前事事都要依靠姐姐，如今姐姐将不久于人世，她必须马上学会成熟和自立。Kristopher Turner和Rick Roberts扮演Natalie的兄弟Oliver和Matthew。弟弟Oliver沉默、安静，甚至有点神秘感，他向家人隐瞒了一些秘密。Shawn Doyle扮演Natalie的爱情对象，他是Natalie两个女儿的校长。Stephanie Janusauskas、James Wotherspoon和Julia Scarlett Dan扮演Natalie的三个孩子Emma、Caleb和Romy。Peter MacNeill和Janet-Laine Green扮演Natalie的父母。
Set in contemporary Montreal, This Life is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family - sister, two brothers and parents - do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation. THIS LIFE is a funny, honest, heartfelt series about a regular family whose world turns upside down overnight. Faced with the uncertainty of life, each Lawson does their best to embrace the absurdity of the journey, while confronting the drama that comes with all of their choices big and small.
需要长大的速度超过母亲死亡的速度。今生能有多长 很短。
