A troubled home....A new school...Two sisters that are trying to survive a bad situation in a disconnected, self-centered world.

The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

A recently jilted dancer follows her ex-boyfriend to his new home, where she insinuates herself into his new relationship.