Remedy for a Broken Angel examines a narcissistic mother daughter relationship. Serena is consumed with anger over being given up by her family when she was unable to pass for white as a child. In adulthood, she repeats the past by abandoning her daughter, Artimeza. Years later, "Artie" discovers her husband in a tryst with the mother who left her. The women must bridge the chasm of mutual feelings of betrayal caused by misconceptions, falsehoods, and years without communication.