In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: 1970s , balcony , coming-of-age , feminism , feminist , free-spirit , generation-gap , mother-son-relationship , parent-child-relationship , punk-rock , santa-barbara-california , single-mother , teenager