On a remote northern beach, a young man is washed up on the incoming tide, injured, alone, and lacking any ID.
Further south, a widow, still grieving the loss of both husband and stepson, receives an email that brings her hope.
Accepting an invitation from distant cousins to spend the festive season at their vineyard in the south of France, she little imagines how her life will be turned on its head once more, but learns that, in the end, the tides of longing pull us home, to where we belong.