A Town of Empty Rooms

Serena and Dan Shine, reeling from the loss of Serena's father and Dan's brother, find their lives uprooted when Serena's actions lead to their banishment from New York City. They relocate to Waring, North Carolina, a small Bible Belt town where Dan finds employment. Serena becomes entangled with the local Jewish congregation and its erratic rabbi, while Dan and their son are drawn into the Boy Scouts by a mysterious neighbor. As matters of faith, identity, community, and family collide, tensions rise in their new small-town American life.