Weaves two parallel stories, one set in contemporary Toronto and Prince Edward County, Ontario, the other in the nineteenth century on the northern shores of Lake Ontario. Sylvia Bradley feels suffocated by her husband and has an affair with historical geographer Andrew Woodman. A year after Andrew's death, Sylvia makes an unlikely connection with the young man who found Andrew's body. Together they discuss Sylvia's childhood and affair and the tale of Andrew's forebears.