Three stories intertwine to tell a singular tale about the strength of the human heart and the love of family. Mark, a handsome young gay drifter arrives in a small coastal town to watch over the endangered loggerhead turtles that nest there, and finds a friend in George, a local motel manager. Grace, a Southern woman approaching middle age returns to her hometown and a domineering mother to search for the son she gave up for adoption long ago. Elizabeth, the tight-lipped wife of a conservative, small-town preacher, must decide whether to break with both her husband and the church to do right by her son.