Seventeen-year-old Mary Franz attends the memorial service for her grandfather. The stories she hears cause her to wonder how well she knew him or if she could say she knew him at all. As Mary learns more about his life, she begins to see her parents and herself in a new light. She discovers a great-grandmother with whom she has direct connections she never knew about, connections that fully impact her life from three generations before her. Mary's great-grandmother's friends must step in to create a solution for her that will in time lead to Mary. But how? Rediscovery of events long forgotten directly influences Mary's reality, for her family and those around her.