When David Hutchens wakes up from a coma, his world is turned inside out. Four years have lapsed since he was last awake, but it's only been a matter of hours to him. Now, his job is gone, his girlfriend is engaged to another man, and all of his friends have moved on. No one seems to be able to explain what happened to him the night of the accident, and nothing about his circumstances makes sense to him. When he starts asking questions, no one seems to be able to supply the answers. David is soon faced with the reality where he has no choice but to go back to his estranged family in East Bend, North Carolina, the one place he swore he would never return. David has to start slowly trying to rebuild his life, one piece at a time, in a place he loathes and with people he doesn't understand.