Yerba buena

When Sara Foster runs away from home at the age of sixteen, she leaves behind the girl she once was, capable of developing bonds of trust and intimacy. Years later, settled in Los Angeles, she has become a sought-after bartender, known as much for her sparkling cocktails as she is for the mystery that surrounds her. Across town, Emilie Dubois is stuck, longing for the beauty and community her Creole grandparents cultivated, but unable to commit to anything. On a whim, she takes a job arranging flowers at the glamorous Yerba Buena restaurant and embarks on an affair. The morning that Emilie and Sara meet at the Yerba Buena, their connection is immediate. But the pain that the two women harbor and the decisions they have made in the past separate them again and again. When Sara's old life knocks on her door, calling all her beliefs into question, she does so at the very moment that Emilie comes to understand her purpose in her life. And then they must decide if it is possible to live in the present while leaving the past behind.