In rural Florida, 1903, Mae Hinton cares for her father and younger brothers, trying to fill her deceased mother\'s shoes.
Edward Finch is.
She pursues an education and learns to deal with bigoted ministers, well-to-do hypocrites, and men with higher regard for their livestock than their women.
Left unconscious, unable to identify her attackers, she pledges to help other victimized women.
Her life is shattered and her faith tested when her innocence is stolen by roving miscreants.
In rural Florida, 1903, Mae Hinton cares for her father and younger brothers, trying to fill her deceased mother\'s shoes