Uprooted from her comfortable life in Bogota, Colombia, into an ant-infested Miami townhouse, fifteen-year-old Francisca feels miserable and friendless when her mother is swept up into an evangelical church. There Francisca meets the magnetic Carmen: opinionated and charismatic, and the pastor's daughter. As her mother's mental health deteriorates and her grandmother descends into alcoholism, Francisca falls more and more intensely in love with Carmen. To get closer to her, Francisca turns to Jesus to be saved, even as their relationship hurtles toward a shattering conclusion.