When an accident-prone, slightly insecure young college professor learns the truth about her parents, the reasons for a lifelong deception become clear. Having already lost the person closest to her, Jamey Knight is thrown into a frightening world of danger and subterfuge. An extraordinary journey takes her from Philadelphia to her birthplace in the Florida Keys and finally into the unfamiliar world of Mennonites in rural Pennsylvania. When her mother's life hangs on a thread, Jamey throws caution to the wind to save her, discovering a unique courage which enables her to begin reclaiming her life.