Esther Duvall is two weeks shy of turning ten in the summer of 1976 when her mother, Tara, vanishes without a trace.

 

Local authorities, suspecting her father's role in her mother's disappearance, arrest him in front of her and her younger twin siblings in the family's tiny living room.

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Twenty-two years earlier, stunning, feisty Katherine heads to a vineyard instead of getting on a plane to go home after her first semester at Santa Clara. She soon runs the Celestial Way winery with her gorgeous husband Charles.

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The story unfolds across Esther and Katherine's lives, as their paths intertwine in ways they couldn't have imagine. Esther is forced to confront her family hidden truths and answers to questions that have long haunted her, revealing the generational patterns of heartbreak and hope.