The weaver's shuttle turns after the death of Gia Falcini's mother, when Gia's estranged father in Italy sends a scarf whose unusual qualities could revive Gia’s ailing fabric shop in Boston’s North End. Goaded by deadlines and conflicting desires, Gia leaves Boston for Italy's style capital, her father’s hillside village and the stepfamily she has never met, and a vibrant local fabric mill in a venture that could shred Gia's ambitions or offer a legacy worth taking away.