Michèle’s gambling addiction has sunk her so far into debt that she has to seek refuge, along with her fifteen year old daughter, at the house of her childhood friend, Janine. Though kind-hearted and generous, Janine begins to worry about the influence her friend’s teen-age daughter is having on her own daughter, Gabrielle, a shy and withdrawn child. The two families will spend a critical summer together, during which time they will be driven to reexamine past assumptions. Can we avoid recreating in our daughters those traits we hated most in our mothers? Archambault offers a thoughtful and unsentimental reflection on the challenges of family life.