Joline, Ellie, and Tess, three women who’ve been friends since college, visit Ecuadorian shamans to try to cure Ellie’s cancer. Joline, a single mom and New Age “life coach,” has given up her other clients to work with Bryce, a Silicon Valley businessman, on a planned retreat center where wealthy guests can consult the best shamans. Ellie, married to Joline’s brother David, is a lawyer-turned–stay-at-home mom who lost a lung to cancer and now has six months to live.