In 1913, immigrants from Yugoslavia are coming to Gary, Indiana. Stevo Markovich finds himself making room for relatives of his deceased wife who arrive unannounced. He is lonely and saddened by his wife's death, and becomes disinterested in his successful business. Dreams of his father and memories of his teenage years as an immigrant fisherman draw him back to New Orleans. Those he meets there change his life in ways he never could have imagined...