"For Naomi Kauffman Yoder, memories of a Pennsylvania Dutch childhood, abandoned roots, lost connection, and shattered dreams have left her with nothing but loneliness and regret. Now wracked with grief, she comes to a momentous decision...
For Ruth Escalonte Yoder, daugher-in-law and friend to Naomi, she concludes that leaving Las Vegas is the only option to her...
So begins their odyssey--a cross-country quest in Naomi's creaky old Impala as she returns to her family farm in Lancaster County, to the values of a life once spurned.
Although never having seen the East before, Ruth too is looking for a place to call home. Will she find it among the slow, quiet rhythms of Pennsylvania farm country?"
--from back cover.