This is the story of a woman who lost her husband at sea, and her granddaughter. The girl comes to stay with her grandmother to help her out while her ankle heals from a sprain. But the girl realizes that her grandmother hasn't let go of the hope of some kind of sign from her husband (or his spirit). Eventually, the head of the figurehead of the ship washes ashore, and the grandmother sees this as her sign. But when she refuses to give it up, the sea lets loose a storm that nearly kills them both and destroys the house.
This was a very sad story about believing in things unknown, and handling grief. The poor widow lost so much time with her son, neglecting him because he didn't believe there was anything to search for, because he tried to let it go.
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