Summer 1919: the Great War has come to an end and small-town Fredericksburg, Virginia is still reeling from the last outbreak of influenza. Free-spirited Lou, an aspiring journalist from a wealthy family, answers the classified for an apartment above a local tailoring shop. There, she meets Holden Thompson-who's just returned from the Western Front. As she's brought further into his circle of family and friends, Lou quickly learns that, despite being charismatic and witty, Holden is tormented by his past. When an unforeseen tragedy splinters the tight-knit group, Lou must follow the invisible thread and stitch her world back together.