Nora Webster is widowed at the age of 40. She is left alone with four children, without sufficient means. Maurice, the great love of her life, once rescued Nora from a miserable existence. Now Nora is terrified that she will return to the world from which she had struggled to escape. In a small Irish town where privacy is a luxury, Nora tries to keep her grief to herself, while her sons silently mourn the death of their father, whose absence they have not yet fully come to terms with. Nora struggles with fear, anger, and an identity crisis. In the meantime, a new identity rises within her: she rediscovers her love for singing. A silent transformation begins in Nora's life. This novel is a powerful story of grief, motherhood, societal conventions, and female independence.