1966. Mariée à Frank, homme politique très influent, Tiny mène la grande vie à Cape Cod. Mais alors que Frank est donné favori pour les élections présidentielles, deux événements viennent troubler la vie a priori idyllique de sa belle épouse : c'est d'abord les courriers menaçants d'un maître chanteur ; puis, les retrouvailles inattendues avec son premier amour. Combien de temps avant que l'image de l'épouse modèle se fissure ? Dans la course au pouvoir suprême, les sentiments ont-ils une place ?
1938, côte Est américaine. Lily est confrontée à l'homme qui l'a trahie sept ans plus tôt. Secrets et blessures refont surface, tandis qu'un cyclone venu de l'océan se rapproche... 1931: Lily et Budgie, amis d'enfance, passent tous leurs étés dans la station balnéaire de Seaview, dans le Rhode Island. Budgie est aussi effrontée que Lily est discrète. Quand cette dernière rencontre Nick Greenwald, tous deux tombent follement amoureux. Nick ne supporte pas Budgie, et celle-ci méprise Nick car il est juif. Lily, elle, n'a que faire des préjugés de l'époque... Eté 1938: Lily séjourne à Seaview avec sa mère et sa petite soeur. Quand elle apprend la venue de Budgie, la jeune femme s'effondre. Car Budgie ne vient pas seule: entre-temps, elle a épousé Nick...
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