Phoebe Adams and her mother Ruth both need a safe haven, so they head for Summer Island where Grandma Alice still rules the roost from the big New England beach house Phoebe and Ruth once called home. Phoebe's plan for a peaceful retreat is quickly hijacked when globe-trotting Great Aunt Vera makes an unannounced pit stop. Soon they're all enjoying things they used to do and discovering new ones. Each adventure opens a part of themselves they've neglected for too long and brings them closer together. When an accident threatens to destroy the ties between them, Phoebe realizes how fragile life can be, and that she has some serious choices to make about her own life.