Explore Panama with Christa as she uses a bottle of wine and her laptop to deal with love, neurosis, superstition - and a pelican.
A disenchanted American moves to Panama with her lover to live happily ever after, only to find that it isn't that simple. She has everything she ever wanted, yet remains unfulfilled.
One day she rescues an injured pelican from the beach and begins a long hard journey to nurse him back to health. To her surprise, the quirky bird makes himself right at home in her garage--and in her heart.
An aspiring writer in her youth, Christa is compelled to tell the story of her new friend. As she writes about the pelican, she is forced to examine herself and her life and begins to unravel the mystery surrounding her mid-thirties crisis. Meanwhile, her relationship with the bird evolves as she gets him ready to fly again.
Just when it's time to let him go, the pelican meets a sudden tragic end. How would she be able to finish writing his story now? Christa must seek meaning in his death and find a way to make peace with Life, Mother Nature, and the Universe.