After being abandoned by her husband for a younger woman, Lynn Kerr and her two daughters are in transition. When 16-year-old Sophie receives a scholarship to attend Brighton, a prestigious private school in New York City, she and her sister convince their mother to move from their small hometown in New Mexico. Sophie quickly finds it hard to fit in at a high school ruled by a popular clique of wealthy society kids known as the Beautiful People, while older sister Karen looks to break into New York's fast-paced and cutthroat modeling world. As Lynn sets out to start her life over with a job at a high fashion boutique, she and her daughters find themselves in a city full of challenges where they embark on a journey of self-discovery.