年轻的露西（丽芙·泰勒 Liv Tyler 饰）带着她母亲自杀后留下的日记，来到了一个小镇上探访母亲往昔的好友，并住在雕塑家格雷森的家中。其实四年前，露西就和母亲来过这里，还认识了一个叫尼古拉的男孩。她曾经被他送上的一封信深深感动，并和他有过美好的初恋时光。如今，格雷斯家中异常热闹，聚集了各路人物，露西美丽的魅力让这里的男人们纷纷动心，其中患有白血病的作家亚历克斯更是难以自拔。尼古拉从国外回来，露西却发现他是个花花公子，枉费当年动了情。此时寻找生父成了露西的心结。她在这段历程中慢慢成熟，并寻获心爱那人。After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted. However, she has other reasons for wanting to go. She wants to renew her acquaintance with Nicolo Donati, a young boy with whom she fell in love on her last visit four years ago. She also is trying to solve the riddle left in a diary written by her dead mother, Sara.