A series of monologues relate the story of Clayton, a man stricken by the loss of his wife who was brutally raped and murdered. He decides to move to the country with his 11 year old daughter, Laura. There, on the banks of Stoney Creek, he tries to lose himself in mindless physical labour as he slaves to restore an old farmhouse with a cellar full of stones. Clayton manages to avoid all social contact until Shirley, patient and persistent, forces her way into his life and jars the "Wheel of Fortune".

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« SHIRLEY : Insolence | It flows through my veins | Like a stream across a farmer's land. | Once I went for a ride | in the woods with Noodle's ATV. | It's before I met this guy. (She touches Clayton.) Hunters' trails | the Indians of a lost land say | they lead to the end of the world. | Was hot enough to make a dog puke. | I wanted to air out my mind and my body. | I wished I was a colander. | From field to field | I headed towards the never-ending trails. | I entered the maple grove. | Shade. | Ahead, near the weeping rock | a brook runs through a break in the stone | with raspberry bushes | on either side. | Divine sunshine | filters through the leaves | and hovers | over the weeping rock. | I stopped my horse. | An Amazon standing in her stirrups. »

"In its unveiling of the raw passions and helplessness of four characters, this is a tragic tale of Greek proportions, retrospectively told in language of heightened poetry and emotion." Jayne Cole, Sunday Life, Belfast, October 5, 1997.