Adopting an older child means labor pains that can last a whole lot longer than nine months. Adopting an older child through a government agency creates enough red tape to encircle the planet a few times. Yet taking in and loving a child no one else wants can bring the most wonderful feelings of accomplishment, as well as the deepest regrets and doubts. Heart Strings, inspired by real-life adoptions, is the story of a discarded child, recycled into a new family then ripped away by his past, as told through the eyes of his adoptive mother.