Nicholas’ father comes home one day and shatters his family’s quiet life by quitting his job and setting off for the coast, leaving his shellshocked family behind. Meanwhile, Isabel and her family live a charmed existence on a nearby island, their house full of music and poetry. When tragedy strikes, Isabel is sent to a convent school on the mainland.

 

The young lovers embark on their own individual journeys of heartache, before fate contrives to pull the threads of their lives together.