Celeste is a doctor’s wife, living a perfect facade. But secretly, her marriage is falling apart and her need to control the people around her threatens to destroy
them all. Her sister Ronnie is an actress, living in New York. Like Celeste, she pretends to be happy and successful, but in reality she has no money and
no home, and her life is held together by 'chewing gum, paper clips, and spit'.

When their father dies, the sisters inherit a house in Prosper, North Carolina. Their mother, Delia, would rather they forget about going there and dredging up the past. Neither suspects that their trip to Prosper will uncover decades-old secrets and family betrayals — or that it might finally bring these two strangers together.