Based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson. After losing his wife of many years, retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has cancer and takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington, determined to end his life on his own terms. Ben's journey, though, takes an unexpected turn, and soon becomes an adventure that shows him the way back to love and connection.
The plot revolves around two middle-aged brothers and their respective sons who travel to Ireland to participate in the Finnegan Family’s annual golf outing, where they plan to scatter the ashes of the family patriarch.