In 1968, Maribelle Saunders leaves her comfortable life in Nashville for rural Appalachia to teach deaf children American Sign Language. She doesn't expect to fall head over heels for Sam, the kind mechanic, or that the town preacher will become obsessed with her.
As she fights to find her place, she faces the dangers of mountain life, the townspeople's skepticism, and the deadly fallout from an unrequited love. Will she survive?
