Lavinia Delacroix (all her friends call her Vinnie) has not had an easy life, and it's not getting any easier. A mother who has distanced herself from her life and the inability to live up to her mother's expectations follow Vinnie like a dark shadow. After a mishap at work that leads to her termination, she finds herself rooming with her friend and working at a local fast-food chain, wondering how to get her life back on track.

When's she's offered an opportunity to change her life for the better, Lavinia finds herself in the midst of more than she bargained for, and slowly gains answers to why she has never felt like she belonged.