Faye rediscovers her childhood spacehopper box and stands in it to protect her feet from broken glass in the attic. Then she is transported into the 1970's, and she is able to talk to her mother.
2019 London is full to the brim with relationship problems and a whale. People are secretly gay and complicated secrets plus pregnancy equals disaster.
1990's Naples is home to Giovanna, where she hears her Dad call her ugly - comparing her to a mystery family member that has been shunned out of the family. This intrigues her, so she hunts her down and finds her Aunt Vittoria, learning about her life and adopting her mantras to cope with new issues that have popped up in her life. She learns that her Father is a liar, the marriage is failing, and nobody is as the seem on the surface.
