Slipping on Pine Needles

Jim McConnell, a laid-off newspaper reporter, takes a job in the coastal town of Rockport, Massachusetts. Early on he encounters Laura Cole, a bookstore owner and former professor of history at Harvard. Together they embark on a project that takes them to distant places and deep into the lives of the people they meet. During their journey of discovery they confront difficult questions that touch upon emotions, the soul and, ultimately, life and death.