Raquel Cohen already has her hands full - adjusting to a recent divorce, raising a three-year-old son, working for an attractive but demanding man who owns a photography gallery in San Francisco - when she receives an unexpected letter from her estranged brother. The last time she heard from him, six years before, he wrote her an angry letter from prison. Now he wants to mend fences. Can two people who've hurt each deeply find a way to start again? Seeking the answer, Raquel embarks on a journey into her past, as the daughter of Mexican Jews whose move to Los Angeles in 1976 heralded opportunity, freedom, and ultimately the coming apart of a family only she can repair.