"Teenage Eulabee and her magnetic best friend, Maria Fabiola, own the streets of Sea Cliff, their foggy oceanside San Francisco neighborhood. They know Sea Cliff's homes and beaches, its hidden corners and eccentric characters--as well as the upscale all-girls' school they attend. One day, walking to school with friends, they witness a horrible act--or do they? Eulabee and Maria Fabiola vehemently disagree on what happened, and their rupture is followed...

Yvonne, a recently widowed American mother of two grown children, returns to Datça, Turkey, to relieve memories of a happier time, but instead is troubled by her past and finds solace in her friendship with Ahmet, a young local boy.