After a terrorist attack kills Dani's aunt and unborn cousin, life in Argentina—private school, a boyfriend, a loving family—crumbles quickly. In order to escape a country that is sinking under their feet, Dani and her family move to the United States. It's supposed to be a fresh start, but when you're living in a cramped apartment and going to high school where all the classes are in another language—and not everyone is friendly -- life in America is not all it's cracked up to be. Dani misses her old friends, her life, Before. But then Dani meets a boy named Jon, who isn't like all the other students. Through him, she becomes friends with Jessica, one of the popular girls, who is harboring a secret of her own. And then there's Brian, the boy who makes Dani's pulse race. In her new life, the one After, Dani learns how to heal and forgive. She finds the courage to say goodbye and allows herself to love and be loved again. 恐怖袭击杀死了丹妮的阿姨以及她未出生的表妹。丹妮生活在阿根廷，在一个私立学校上学，有一个男朋友和一个充满爱的家庭。而这一切，就在这一瞬间，全部崩溃。为了逃避灾难，她和她的家人逃到了美国。这应该是一个新的开始，但当你生活在一个拥挤的公寓，去学校接触的是另外一种语言...