Fourteen-year-old Eli is sent to the Rhode Island fishing village of Galilee after his grandmother’s death, expecting nothing more than a quiet summer and a house filled with memories. Instead, he enters a world shaped by early tide mornings, work that leaves its mark, and a silence that often tells the truth more clearly than words. Under the guidance of Sal, a fisherman who teaches through patience and skill, and through the gentle steadiness of Mara, a young widow who understands both loss and the sea, Eli begins to learn what the harbor has been waiting to show him. The season becomes a turning point as he discovers how to carry grief without letting it sink him, how to accept kindness without fear, and how to return to himself after being away for too long. Galilee is a story about forgiveness, endurance, and the quiet holiness found in labor, shoreline mornings, and the recognition of one soul by another. It speaks to anyone who has ever stood at the edge of the water and felt both humbled and held. Perfect for readers of A River Runs Through It , Peace Like a River , and Gilead . Come to Galilee where work becomes grace, silence becomes prayer, and every tide is a chance to return.