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After a knife meant for her finds her mother instead, a daughter wakes to find herself eight years old again. Her mother, Vivian, is still the dazzling beauty of high society, absorbed in manicures and gowns, while her father, Richard, has long since stopped looking at her. The child cooks elaborate meals, snuffs out cigarettes, and asks for hugs, unsettling the woman who never quite knew how to be a mother.

At home, Richard's cold distance and the whispers about the woman at his side hang over every dinner. When Vivian learns a necklace from the auction now adorns his companion, she smiles and wishes him eternal happiness. The daughter watches, remembering the life that ended too soon, and quietly resolves to change what she can.

An invitation to a banquet, and the presence of Uncle Julian, gives her a chance to begin.