As former Professor Kate Gannon struggles with a series of devastating life events, she soon finds herself drawn to a hamlet that few people have heard of. In the rural isolation of this quiet little world, far from her Brooklyn brownstone, Kate encounters the unexpected, including a most unusual clipped-wing bird. But it is in a simple little cottage surrounded by a spectacular garden, that the eccentric Abigail Sweet helps Kate re-kindle the spark of her true calling. Kate's summer is filled with challenge, doubt, danger, opportunity, and friendship, along with a series of twists and turns no one could have anticipated. Wondrous and inspiring, this is a story of love, loss, faith and renewal.