"During a winter storm, a young boy washes up on the shore. He bears an uncanny resemblance to teacher Dorothy's son, lost to the sea at the same age years before, his body never found. When the village is snowed in, Dorothy agrees to look after the child temporarily. But over time, the boy reminds Dorothy more and more of her own lost child. His arrival also forces Dorothy to face the truth about her brief affair with Joseph, the fisherman who found the boy and who was the subject of whispers connecting him to the drowning of Dorothy's son years earlier. As long-buried secrets are unearthed, the child's arrival becomes a catalyst for something far greater than any of them could imagine." --