Lina is stuck between two cultures , two countries and two different worlds. all her life she thought she belonged to nowhere. Apparently she is too asian to be american and too american to be asian. until she goes back to her homecountry , after fifteen years . she meet her family and cousins there, find new friends ,enjoy the elite life fall in love, make mistakes, dig old graves until her life takes a new turn and her life starts from a new summer.