After years living in France, Mr O’Connor sets out on a pilgrimage to his former home in Ireland after the death of his wife. His journey is full of serendipitous encounters with a cohort of colourful characters including a Lithuanian painter, an itinerant priest, horse traders and horse whisperers, a Choctaw native commemorating the Great Famine, and a group of mystic women worshipping at the ancient Beltany Stone Circle.