Can a woman with a normal job living among friends in a calm, Midwestern life seek mystery beyond the faAade of ordinary life? The diminutive Lavinia Beasley, dancer, choreographer and kindergarten teacher, not only faces this underlying conflict, but another as well in the person of the solemn-faced but handsome priest, Edward Desmoines. A longtime acquaintance of Lavinia, he shares her sailing interest. The two find themselves crewing together from time to time on the boats of mutual friends, but during the intimacy of a boat where people are thrown together for hours in cramped circumstances, they discover another even more compelling interest. This sets them upon a fascinating voyage as they make passage into their own interior lives. Here, they begin a search for their authentic selves, finding waters more challenging, unexpected and exciting than any sea upon the planet.