A romantic drama set against the backdrop of a peach cannery. A grisly car accident kills the father and mother of Steph, decapitating her mother while Steph is still in the womb. Steph is raised by her mom's best friend Jude, whose anxiety over the "miracle baby" is exceeded only by her unexplained hatred of Alan, a foreman at the peach plant that employs half the town but is in danger of closing. On her 18th birthday, Steph crosses two milestones: she starts work at the factory and receives her mother's diary, which will radically change the way she perceives everything.