Eugenie is trying, and mostly failing, to restore an inherited old farm
in New Brunswick while her husband, a master carpenter, is away in
Spain. The work involved overwhelms her, so she hires Dean to help bring
the farm back to working order. The only problem is that Dean is a
deserter from the US Army suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder,
or PTSD, and he happens to be living deep in the backwoods of her
property, where he's hiding out from immigration officials. To
complicate matters further, Eugenie and Dean fall into a relationship,
even as he is tormented by flashbacks, nightmares, and flickering
memories of his wartime experiences in Iraq. And then Eugenie's husband
returns.