Clara Marie Cameron, thirty-six, stands by her father's bedside as he dies from complications to an exposure of Agent Orange, the poison used during the Vietnam War. At the moment of his dying, something extraordinary happens: He transmits his awareness of the mysterious transition from living to dying. Clara cannot retain this gift, until her elders help her to recall the experience and create healing through a powerful ritual of "remembrance." John, Clara's father, has inspired her to become an artist and a lucid dreamer. Her dreams bring her artwork to life, and inform her of the mystery...