In the charged silence of the room, her husband's words erupt like an explosion. "I want a divorce." Emily Franklin's twenty-five year marriage is over. With renewed strength and courage she didn't know she possessed, Emily sets out to rebuild her life. Enter The Reverend Dennis Morrison, a compassionate man who awakens in Emily quiet but compelling emotions. Then abruptly and unexpectedly, her chastened and repenting ex-husband reappears, asking her forgiveness and pleading for her to take him back.