 A "coming-of-age" drama set in 1971 Maine. Isabelle is an overprotective mother whose delicate relationship with her daughter Amy deteriorates even more as Amy is seduced by her math teacher. When Amy and a friend discover the dead body of a little girl in the trunk of car, tensions around the small, gossip-filled town of Shirley Falls increase all the more. Only as Isabelle s sordid past is revealed can there be any peace between Amy and Isabelle, and their odd circle of friends.