Melody returns to Fairlands for the funeral of her estranged daughter June and must confront the fact that she has a 10 year-old grandson, River, who she hadn’t known existed. River has an ambitious plan to survive, by breeding the ostriches he and his mother used to feed. It's only when a sandstorm forces Melody and River to take shelter together, that Melody faces painful facts from her past which allow both of them to reach an understanding and to begin a new future together.