Ave Maria Mulligan, a thirty-five-year-old spinster in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, is jolted out of her rut when her mother reveals a shocking secret, and things become even more exciting when Elizabeth Taylor announces plans to visit the sleepy town.
Reflects on the trials and tests endured by a young girl learning to cope with her parent's divorce and how friendship and imagination enable her to escape the pressures which pull against her.
Twenty-eight-year-old Maibelle returns to her home in New York's Chinatown searching for her identity and hoping to unravel the mystery behind family lies.
After breaking up with her boyfriend in her last summer after high school, Ivy makes friends with Lucan, a cousin she has not seen in years due to a family feud, who worries about his mother's boyfriend and his best friend's abusive relationship.
When Josh's fractured family life becomes worse after the death of his mother, he meets Lindsay, a girl who promptly complicated his life by flirting with him and stealing his wallet.
