The psychology of unresolved guilt builds to a profound recognition of self and selflessness as the adult character struggles with both her past and future. The future brings hope through a needy teenager who has learned to hate men, mistrust most women and love a God her mentor and teacher wants no part of. Catherine, the lady with the guilt embraces Kashata, the young teenager enough to offer her stability. The two attempt to fight out their personal hells in a little house in Fair Havens,on top of a high dune overlooking lake Michigan.