After losing her husband, Janet Porter&#39;s life in the wooded heights of Oregon&#39;s Willamette Valley has begun to settle down.<br /><br />Everything changes when her son Nate calls from Iraq with unsettling news. Returning home on a medical discharge, Nate doesn&#39;t want the accolades or service medals he&#39;s offered; he wants to be left alone.<br /><br />Desperate for help, Janet confides in Andy McNamara: a war veteran who volunteers at the local V.A. clinic.<br /><br />It soon becomes clear that Nate&#39;s wounds go far deeper than his torn-up leg. As a freak tornado touches down in the Willamette Valley, they&#39;re all thrown into a new world - a world of starting over.