Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother's unexplainable illness. She's frustrated with Rose an her constant complaints, but relieved to be called to abandon her own disappointing fledgling adult life. She and her mother travel to the searing, arid coast of southern Spain to see a famous consultant in the hope that he might cure Rose's unpredictable limb paralysis. And Sofia's role as detective deepens as she discovers her own desires in this transient desert community.
