Straighten Up and Fly Right

All alone during a brutal winter, Kristen flounders to find the warmth of connection. She does not look like a typical twentysomething New York woman. Ins- tead, Kristen battles with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a severe form of arthritis, and is permanently bent over. To deal with her physical pain, she takes more than the recommended dose of Advil, smokes weed, and pays to have sex with her drug dealer. Her daily escape is watching hours of YouTube and writing in- tensely in her black notebook. She walks dogs for a living and dreams of becoming a writer but lacks the courage to pursue her passion seriously. Her world falls apart when she finds out she’s being evicted and her best friend moves to Canada. Things go sideways when Kristen’s boss sends her to walk a new client’s dog. There she meets Steven, an older man who is also bent over with Ankylo- sing Spondylitis. Confronted with a mirror image of her disability Kristen is horrified. Steven sees an opportunity to mentor Kristen, and they set out on a journey that will change them forever.