Spare Parts traces a young woman’s journey from privileged debutante to committed activist in the late 1960s. Lacey Pierce, recently returned from the Peace Corps, falls in love with young Iowa lawyer, Doug Pierce. Doug has been sentenced to prison for resisting the local draft during the Vietnam War. While waiting for the appeal on the case, Lacey and Doug start a lively commune. Doug wins his appeal and is assigned as civilian counsel for GIs in the military in Japan. In Japan, differences erode the couple’s relationship. Returning to the state of New York, the couple enters therapy but the marriage fails. After a lot of dating, Lacey goes home to Boston for a friend’s wedding. She visits her father’s grave, aware now that her male adventures have been false starts in search of him. She returns to New York, ready to start a new life alone.