In her early years, Allie and her bohemian mother Helena were always on the move. Now Helena continues people at arm’s duration: relationships under no circumstances last and old friends have slipped away. But when Allie inherits Helena’s childhood home, she begins to find snatches of the tormented past her mother continues to be working from… Determined to learn what keeps driving her mother away from people, Allie comes after a lead to the beautiful isle of Ischia.