Dennie Monroe is one of eight children, but in a family so big she's never felt more alone. So she fills her life and her time with parties, drinking, art, school, sports and friends. On the outside she seems happy, popular and content, and only she knows of the bleak lonliness she feels inside; and that's the way she likes it. Then one day a move to America turns her life upside down, and forces her to confront family issues, love and the learning curves she refused to endure.