Tati is 13 years old and lives in Isla Maciel with her father, who barely takes care of her. She is an unstable child, not fitting into her surroundings and obsessed with becoming a botera –rowing a boat for a living, a job typically reserved for men and which in time has all but become redundant. While she learns how to row in the putrid river, the teen grows up surrounded by confusion, loss, sexual awakenings and the specific complexities of her environment.