Henson, an aging best-selling author with writer's block wearily returns home after speaking at a conference, looking forward to quality time with Rachel, his much younger fiancé who has herself just arrived from taking care of her elderly mother. Rachel discovers a real estate contract has arrived; without asking her, Henson has bought back his old family home, in a restricted community. If the past represents a haven to one and anguish to another, can a couple find common ground in the present?