A blue oceanfront rental house in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, and the people that stay in it over the course of a season, ending at Christmas. Stories follow people who have brought their lives, their problems, their challenges with them to this powerful and magical place.

Sixteen short stories – stories from every stage of life. A man runs away from a retirement home. A young father grapples with the scars of his unhappy childhood. A Midwesterner becomes an unlikely hero. An older couple face death in one last beach trip. Two families try vacationing together and have a humorous falling out. A marriage dissolves and a woman builds a sand castle. A medical survivor comes to terms with his own mortality. A woman strives to have the perfect Christmas.

These are stories of hope and redemption, connection and detachment, and lessons taught and learned. Contemplative, heartbreaking, and inspirational. People spending a week in a landscape that is both beautiful and overwhelming in its ability to force introspection and change.