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In an opulent honeymoon suite in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, 29-year-old Callie Holt finds herself on her wedding night in a bathtub, devouring pizza while her expensive white dress is stained with sauce and her groom lies passed out in the next room. With her marriage already in shambles, Callie turns to her phone to sift through photos from the past year, searching for clues about where it all went wrong. Was it when she moved in with her best friend, Virginia Murphy, in a lavish Upper East Side apartment funded by Virginia’s parents? Or perhaps it was the return of Virginia’s attractive cousin, Ollie, Callie’s secret ex, which complicated her relationship with her well-meaning but dim fiancé, Whit? The situation escalates when Callie uncovers a dark family secret in the Murphys’ past that threatens to unravel everything she knows about her second family. As she navigates a year filled with weddings, hidden truths and simmering resentments rise to the surface, forcing Callie and those around her to confront their authentic selves versus the curated images they project online. Through her own art, Callie begins to explore this disparity, leading to a profound reckoning.