Artist Evie returns to Stella Mare with nothing. Having spent years building her boyfriend’s art practice, their break up leaves her without a career, a home, or a way to make a living. She becomes enraptured with the hooked rugs made by an ancestor, stashed in her father’s attic. But are they just a way to avoid reality? Stephen shivers through a Stella Mare spring to collect stories and art from fishermen. On sabbatical from his university in the southern US, he’s a local novelty, helping his friend Leonard in the art gallery. But he finds he may not have a job when this year of research is over. He throws himself deeper into his work. He can think about tomorrow’s problem later. Evie stumbles into the gallery and Stephen’s life. She has something he she’s a local, connected to Stella Mare and all its history. He’s a fellow artist-type, and she relishes their new connection. Their friendship blooms through conversation, coffee and art. It should be easy. But of course, life happens. A family crisis, demands from the ex-boyfriend, conniving gallery owners, disappearing grant funding, all challenge Evie with the question, what is my worth? As she grapples, Stephen must question his own integrity. Am I really the man I want to be?