In the hot, hazy summer of 1981, three mismatched friends formed a fast bond that would lash them together through the fateful years of high school and the rest of their lives. The careful and cautious Jeanie, a born dreamer; vivacious and daring Karen, full of outward bravado that shields a very tortured heart and Victoria, whose personal tragedy gave birth to a whole new life. Together they discover that through love and loss, marriage and divorce, children and even death, the strength of their friendship can hold them together. Even when their lives are threatening to fall apart.