At age eleven, David spends a single, memorable afternoon with a girl in an abandoned cabin, deep in an ancient forest. Only decades later does he begin to understand the true impact of that one, life-changing day in the woods.Now approaching the end of his career as a high school teacher, he's admired by everyone. By everyone, that is, except for the assistant principal, a frumpy woman who's loathed him from the start. She and David continue to clash...