Have you ever had a moment in your life when you wanted to run away, pretend you never existed; even start over? Ella is a middle aged woman that stumbles into just this opportunity. It sounds too good to be true. It's always easy to dream, but real life is whole other story. Any life worth living is all in the details. Moving to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Stella carries a secret that creates ripples throughout her new existence. When given the chance to change her life, there is an excitement; but it soon wears off, under the weight of new people, and lost memories. No matter how bad her life was, it was all she ever knew. Ella finds herself wondering why she moved into this new identity so fast. It's a different life but the same battle.
Stella awakes one night, with something not right in her home. A shadow becomes someone real and almost succeeds in killing her. So close to the line that separates the living from the dead, she understands now she must tell her story.
Could you start over? Leave all the little things behind, even the memories that go unnoticed in your everyday life?