Kelly Frost, a textiles conservator, is invited to the Massachusetts
coastal city of New Bedford to restore a 150-year-old Mariner's Compass
quilt. But there is one stipulation: she must live and work in Gray
House, a former whaling captain's home, where the quilt is stored. There
she meets Army veteran Tom Pereira, the caretaker of Gray House, whose
heart seems as hard as the rocky Massachusetts coastline.
Over the long-lit months as Kelly works to restore the quilt, she and
Tom grow closer. And as she reads stories in a daily journal penned by
Mary Gray, she learns the secrets of the quilt and Mary's own sad tale
of regret. Then Tom learns secrets of his own family's past, and both
Tom and Kelly learn they are tied to Gray House in ways they never
imagined.