At 15 Tamara has survived the foster care system through brains will andattitude. Now close to getting out she dreams of being a model. First thoughthere s high... » 

At 15 Tamara has survived the foster care system through brains will andattitude. Now close to getting out she dreams of being a model. First thoughthere s high school to get through along with her teacher s latest communityproject volunteering at the local seniors home. Tamara doubts she can endureeither the residents or the smells. Then she s assigned to Jean Barclay acranky wealthy and extremely frail former schoolteacher. As the two warilysize each other up they realize each is the key to achieving their own verydifferent goals. Miss Barclay wants to attend Wagner s Ring Cycle in Seattle a trip doctors insist she s too weak to undertake. Tamara wants to enroll inmodeling school in Vancouver an expense she can t begin to afford. Daringlythey plan the road trip of a lifetime but can these two bossy manipulativewomen keep from throttling each other before their goals are realized? «