Най-добрият коледен подарък за Люси е когато научава, че е повишена в адвокатската кантора, в която работи. Но когато сестра й със специални нужди Алис почива, тя е принудена да се върне вкъщи, за да научи необичайното завещание на сестра си.

Christmas is fast approaching and years of long workdays employed at New York’s top corporate law firm are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey will be made partner after the New Year. However, when Alice, her older sister with special needs, unexpectedly passes away, Lucy returns back to Nilson’s Bay, Wis., to attend the funeral and handle her estate. While Lucy dreads returning to her childhood home, she also feels real sorrow that she was too busy to take her sister’s last call. Once back in Nilson’s Bay, Lucy meets Peter, her old high school sweetheart and Alice’s former attorney, who informs her of the terms of Alice’s eccentric will that states in order for Lucy to inherit the family home, she must live there for 30 days through the holidays.

Lucy, brillante avocate new-yorkaise, revient à Nilson's Bay, sa ville natale, au moment des fêtes suite au décès de sa soeur, Alice. Cette dernière lui a légué la maison familiale à condition qu'elle y séjourne pendant quatre semaines. Quatre semaines, au cours desquelles elle va faire la connaissance des amies d'Alice, avec lesquelles elle va achever un patchwork destiné à une mystérieuse Maeve, renouer avec Peter, son amour de jeunesse, et se réconcilier avec son passé qu'elle tentait de fuir depuis le grave accident de voiture qu'avait eu sa soeur vingt ans plus tôt et dont elle se sentait responsable.

De retour dans sa ville natale à l'occasion du décès de sa soeur, une avocate ambitieuse s'étonne des excentriques dernières volontés de cette dernière.

Lucy torna a Nelson's Bay per il funerale della sorella e scopre che dovrà passare almeno 30 giorni nella cittadina se vuole essere la beneficiaria del testamento.