She only remembers dying. In 1971, a near-fatal automobile accident throws Izzy Monroe's life into upheaval after she survives with a traumatic brain injury that leaves her with no short-term memory. Unable to continue her graduate studies, she retreats to her childhood home on Chappaquiddick Island, adrift and despairing. Izzy's closest friend, Maria Belli, confronts her with a choice: sink deeper into a numbing grief...