Waves of Mercy

In 1897, Geesje de Jonge is asked to write a memoir about her experience emigrating from the Netherlands to the Michigan wilderness in honor of her town's fiftieth anniversary. As Geesje recalls the events of the past, a young visitor, Anna Nicholson, mourns a broken engagement. Over the course of one summer, the lives of both women will change forever.

In 1897, Geesje de Jonge este rugata sa scrie un memoriu despre experienta sa de emigrare din Olanda in salbaticia din Michigan, in onoarea celei de-a cincizecea aniversari a orasului sau. In timp ce Geesje isi aminteste evenimentele din trecut, o tanara vizitatoare, Anna Nicholson, jeleste o logodna rupta.