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High school guidance counselor Gia Giordano has three mottos in life: work hard, be kind, and help others.

However her summer vacation with her Italian family will truly test her, as she begins a big birthday bash to celebrate her 40th birthday. Confident and funny, Gia attempts to make her birthday bash the best, all the while attempting to feel special once again. When her brother Dominic arrives with shocking news of a wedding, a bride, and guests, her birthday is suddenly cancelled.

As reality sets in, Gia schemes with her niece and nephews to get her party back on - to her own detriment - but her parents are unaware and inadvertently planning the wedding. Out on a limb, Gia goes to measures she never thought she would go, testing her own ethics of being kind and helping others, especially when it's her own family. Her sister Valentina tries to convince her that a wedding wouldn’t be so bad. Will Gia's determination to work hard be her Achilles heel?

From funny situations to sweet moments, the Giordanos will make you laugh, cry, and root for the antihero to come around.