1957. Sonny is working on a whaling ship in the South Atlantic reckoning with the most vicious
storms he has ever seen. It's a brutal way to make a living. When he finally returns to his
Shetland home to build a life with his wife and young son the legacy of his time at sea is
felt by all of them. In present day Shetland Jack is an old man living alone in the cottage
where he grew up in the shadow of a hill. And it is here one evening that something appears
on his doorstep. Something that throws off the rhythm of his solitary existence in the most
profound way. This is a story of unlikely friendship longing the power of music and the
pull of home. It is about a life revisited - and reimagined.
