Its today. Now in her mid-forties, Kathleen sits anxiously waiting for the arrival of the man she was forced to give up for adoption thirty years before and who has now traced her. With the excitement and anxiety of knowing that he can only be hours away, the years spent insulating herself against the pain of separation and loss fall away, as events and conversations from her fifteen-year-old past crowd in on her with a clarity that brings her storys characters to life.