Esme Nash is eager to move to New York City with her loving college boyfriend after graduation but instead returns home to care for her ailing father. Seven trying years later, Esme is offered a dog-sitting job in Greenwich Village by a mysterious stranger, giving her access to all of her long-buried hopes and dreams - as well as to an epic collection of designer shoes. But the hazy August days and warm summer nights pass too quickly, and Esme must decide how much of the life she imagined still fits, and what - and who - is on the road ahead of her.