It's 1971, and betsie Troyer's peaceful and predictable life is about to become anything but.
When her parents decide to leave the Amish, nineteen-year-old Betsie and her seventeen -year-old sister Sally feel abandoned. Left to fend for themselves under the dubious guidance of a nearly deaf aunt, the girls keep their parents' secret as long as possible, hoping they'll return before anyone learns the truth--a truth that will end all hopes of Betsie's marriage to Charlie Yoder.