Christmas is quick approaching and years of lengthy workdays employed at New York’s prime company regulation agency are about to repay now that Lucy Toomey might be made companion after the New Yr. Nonetheless, when Alice, her older sister with particular wants, unexpectedly passes away, Lucy returns again to Nilson’s Bay, Wis., to attend the funeral and deal with her property. Whereas Lucy dreads returning to her childhood dwelling, she additionally feels actual sorrow that she was too busy to take her sister’s final name. As soon as again in Nilson’s Bay, Lucy meets Peter, her previous highschool sweetheart and Alice’s former legal professional, who informs her of the phrases of Alice’s eccentric will that states to ensure that Lucy to inherit the household dwelling, she should stay there for 30 days by the vacations.