The night before their first day of nursing school in 1976, two female immigrants to Vancouver endure racism and homesickness.
Bel Davis has been hiding behind wigs for years until her Alopecia is exposed publicly. She uses this experience as a catalyst to break free of the shame she feels towards her baldness.
Ren's working class parents Anna and Randall have been saving for a decade for her to attend theatre school. The day after her acceptance letter arrives, Anna dies in a car accident. Ren is faced with an impossible choice: drop out of school and use her hard-earned tuition money to pay for the funeral, or pursue her dreams and leave Mom behind.
