At 34, struggling Seattle musician Sam finds himself broke, jobless and losing touch with the person he wants to become. When his girlfriend kicks him out, he's forced to crash with his aunt Sharon and is reluctantly enlisted to take her teenage son and his friend camping.

Small-town girl Gillian Tremaine enrolls at beauty school in an attempt to jump-start her stalled life. Enter Lucinda, an old friend whose affair with Gillian's father broke up the Tremaine household. As Gillian instinctively turns away from resurfacing issues, circumstance forces her to confront and resolve them once and for all.