North Carolina 1960: newlywed Jane Forrester, embarks on a career as a social worker, and encounters a world of extreme poverty far removed from her own experiences.
Her involvement with a particular family thrusts her into a moral dilemma that puts her career and marriage on the line, and decides the future of a 15-year-old girl..
North Carolina 1960: newlywed Jane Forrester, embarks on a career as a social worker, and encounters a world of extreme poverty far removed from her own experiences