When 16 year old Clare Parker is reluctantly ripped away from her West Coast beach home to a farmhouse and ranch among the endless pastures of the quiet town of Cherryvale, Kansas, for two weeks, she and her city-bound family find themselves far from what they know. But what Clare imagines is a short, relaxing get-a-way soon becomes an overwhelming and emotional rollercoaster through her past as an unexpected series of events transforms her future.