Summer '03

16-year-old Jamie Winkle and her extended family are left reeling after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed. As her family deals with her grandmother's surprising dying messages, Jamie sets out to make the most of her summer and explores her sexuality.

• narration
• family secrets
• loss of virginity
• family relationships
• religion
• teenage crush
• teenage girl
• reading
• semi autobiographical
• woman director
• exploring sexuality
• family issues
• summertime
• young priest
• teenage angst
• deathbed confession
• interfaith marriage
• death of grandmother
• summer break