A hidden stash of musty letters unexpectedly discovered in an attic opens the floodgates of decades of indiscretions and deceit--confiscated mail, forged death certificate, an illicit adoption, and blackmail. Ultimately, the enigma of the stockpiled letters is divulged by the family's faithful farmhand, old Lon--protector of family secrets and lies. His disclosure leads to finding out why Katharine's beloved admirer, who left to make a home for them thirty years earlier, was never heard from again. The yellowed cache of handwritten letters forever alters the lives of the diminutive farming community's respected matriarch and her family and others.