After her grandmother dies, Zelda's family travels to Summerside, P. E. I., to arrange the funeral. Everything in Grandma Fitzgerald's house reminds Zelda of her. As Zelda comes to grips with her grief, Sadie Sees, the doll her grandmother gave her when she was very young, is a great comfort. That is, until she hears the doll speaking on her own one night . . .