Years ago, Ellie left the peaceful island she grew up on to chase the version of success that the big city seemed to promise. It did not work out the way she planned. Now she learns that the island she left — the paradise that formed her — is about to be destroyed by a corporation with more resources and fewer scruples than anyone who loves the place. She goes back. What she finds is ruins, friends she has lost track of, and memories that have become unreliable. Rebuilding the island means rebuilding her connection to it, and unearthing the stories that have been buried in the sand all along.