Laduree reluctantly begins life at her grandmother's, a small house in town where her mother grew up; but she realizes that to transplant her trees means starting her research from scratch. She abandons the project. And in her self-punishing style, Greta abandons all hope of starting anew with her boyfriend. As the two struggle to deal with Tanya's disappearance, they tiptoe towards each other and apart, finding fragile moments of connection and release amidst a glut of lies, omissions, and miscommunications. As Laduree falls back on – and finally finds her way out of – her family's confusing behavioral patterns, her experience quietly grows beyond her sheltered years in the trailer. She opens herself up to a new friendship; and with an old camera from her science teacher, begins documenting the trash she collects, finding a sublimeness in the images she didn't expect.

But Greta's habits are harder to break, and Laduree finds herself caught in the middle of Greta's uncertainties with her boyfriend. In a final showdown that wedges her between mother and grandmother, Laduree breaks from the past and decides the only way to survive is to stand for her truth.