"Life is just a plan, similar to first-draft blueprints. We think we got 'em right, then someone of something comes along and alters them..." In nineteen fifty-four, young Russell Townsend is an up-and-coming architect in an elite Chicago, Illinois firm. His life-plan is going smoothly... until a single misjudgment surfaces and brings his career and reputation to ruin. How can he possibly rebuild his life? Months pass and we find Russell in Alabama, working at a menial job and living in an unusual arrangement, but beginning to make a new life. But what happened during the months between Chicago and Alabama? Though rebuilding his life, as well as rediscovering his faith in God, Russell doesn't appear ready to answer questions about his past. But the woman who wants to love him needs answers. She is more than happy to accept his obvious complications but as time passes, she is certain there are more.