Jon Katz is a writer at a mid-life crossroads who decides to adopt and train a high-strung border collie named Devon, only to discover it's he himself who has the real lessons to learn. Based on a true story.

A groundbreaking film memoir, based on the filmmaker's own personal experiences, tells the story of Jennifer Fox, a globetrotting documentarian and professor living an apparently enviable life with her boyfriend in NYC. That world is turned upside down when her mother discovers a story Jennifer wrote at thirteen about a 'special' relationship she had with two adult coaches in a North Carolina horse camp.