Jo spends most of her time on the road with her truck driving father, Bobby. Jo's mother abandoned her at birth, and Bobby began taking Jo on the road when she was just a baby. Jo always shared her father's love of traveling the open roads of England and Ireland. She grew up loving the rhythm of the road.

When Jo is twelve years old, she and Bobby pick up Cosima, a hitchhiker. Cosima is a country singer from Texas and Jo immediately feels closeness to her. Their paths will cross many more times in the coming years. Jo develops an unhealthy obsession with Cosima and her band.

Bobby has been prone to dark moods of depression for several years. When Jo is sixteen, she is abandoned by him. Young and alone, Jo tries to cling even tighter to Cosima and the band. Jo's thoughts become "fuzzy", she has trouble distinguishing between what is real and what is not.

Completely alone and on her own, Jo must come to terms with the reality of her life in order to move on to the future.