In Pollywog, an estranged daughter returns home to the Midwest at the sudden death of her mother. Her father, an aging hippy sculptor, is one of a few surviving members of a 1970's commune called the New Apple Love and Peace Project. In going through her mother's dresser, she finds an unsettling old snapshot that leads her on a quest for the truth about the commune, about a baby boy with webbed toes, and about the power of love and money.