East Chicago, 1960: Daniel Price is eighteen and is just graduating high school with his friends Larry and Billy. The future awaits them, but they have no idea what it will look like. Ahead of them lies a summer of decisions, and much faster than expected, their paths diverge: Billy chooses a quiet life, Larry opts for rebellion, and Daniel remains undecided at first. This changes abruptly when he falls in love with the enigmatic Rachel. She represents for him the promise of a vast world, an escape from the conflicts of his beautiful, exotic mother and his cancer-stricken, bitter father. However, Daniel's happiness in love is overshadowed by Rachel's secret, which pulls him deeper into the whirlpool of his conflicting emotions.