Having been abandoned by her husband for a younger woman has left Lynn Kerr (Daphne Zuniga) and her two daughters, 16-year-old Sophie (Sarah Foret) and 20-year-old Karen (Torrey DeVitto), as women in transition. When Sophie receives a scholarship to attend a prestigious private school, she and Karen convince their mother to move from their small hometown in New Mexico to New York City. Sophie quickly finds it hard to fit in at a high school ruled by a popular clique of wealthy society kids known as the 'beautiful people,' while Karen looks to break into New York's fast-paced and cutthroat modeling world. As Lynn sets out to start her life over with a job at a high fashion boutique, she and her daughters find themselves in a city full of challenges where, with each other's support, they embark on a journey of self-discovery.