One Golden Summer

Thirty-two-year-old Alice Everly studies a photo she took in Barry’s Bay in Ontario, Canada, when she was 17. The image depicts three happy people on a boat on Kamaniskeg Lake. Revisiting the photo, Alice feels like she’s a teenager again.

Alice reports to Swish magazine for the swimsuit issue photo shoot she’s doing. She marvels at the naturally beautiful women she’s photographing. She feels proud of her work until photo editor Willa reminds her that she’ll have to edit the shots to make the women look less real. Alice wants to push back, but hesitates. She’s talked to her friend and mentor Elyse about these frustrations, but feels too tired to argue now. By the end of the shoot, she can’t wait to get home. She hopes to have a relaxing night; hanging out with her sister Heather will hopefully keep Alice from thinking about work or her ex Trevor. Then she gets a text that changes everything.

Alice’s father Kip texts Alice and her siblings that their grandmother Nan has been hospitalized with a broken hip. Alice races to the hospital and stays by Nan’s bedside for the next three days.