The Sparrow family's women have unusual gifts. Elinor can detect falsehood. Her daughter, Jenny, can see people's dreams when they sleep. And granddaughter Stella has a mental window to the future -- but her clairvoyance may bring her clan ruin.
After being struck by lighting, a woman undergoes startling physical and emotional changes, and sets out to find another lighting-strike survivor in the hopes of learning how to cope with her new life.