In 1928, young Joshua and his bride, Lena, look forward to living and working
on his father’s farm in the western North Carolina mountains. However, when
Mr. Poole, powerful leader of Charlotte’s prohibition whiskey gang, off ers him a
job driving fast cars, Joshua can’t resist. Despite her strong objection, Joshua
sends Lena back to his farm to be cared for by his family. What she fi nds there
could hardly be more devastating and demanding of her courage. They expect
to be reunited as soon as Joshua can “quickly earn some good money.” Instead,
they each must take a long and dangerous journey before they can be reunited.
In the process they both are so changed, they hardly recognize one another