Enduring a stagnant life of hard work and a long-standing mystery about his father's identity, Kit Noonan searches for answers from statesman's wife Lucinda Burns, who reflects on a long-ago accident and its widespread repercussions.
Enjoying an active but lonely rural life, seventy-year-old Percy allows a progressive preschool to move into his barn and transform his quiet home into a lively, youthful community that compels him to reexamine the choices he made after his wife's death.