In the summer of 1967, Bobby Jean plans to go to San Francisco with her boyfriend, Billy. But when he leaves without her, everything changes.
Left behind in a difficult home situation, she makes a decision that will alter the course of her life-she sets out for San Francisco on her own.
Hitchhiking across the country, Bobby Jean encounters people she can trust... and people she can't.
And one unexpected encounter will change her life in ways she never saw coming.