Kit and Jeff move to the idyllic coastal town of Bodega Boy when he gets a postdoc fellowship at a marine lab. As a grant deadline looms at Jeff's lab, Kit begins pursuing her own professional interests while uncovering memories of her deceased father - both of which challenge her role as support to Jeff and her own notion of who she is and wants to be.
As much about how loss at a young age can shape the choices we make as adults as about the challenges of maintaining a true partnership, this story also pays tribute to the lasting power of the natural world and our connection to it.