Description
An Amish community is shocked when Hildie Weaver disappears, leaving her husband, Daniel, and her young children behind. Daniel struggles to care for his family and eke out a living on their farm. His relatives and friends are supportive, but unspoken questions and suspicions about Hildie cloud their relationships.
Daniel's job at the local foundry, a necessity to survive, leads to events which put him at odds with the Amish church, and he is shunned.
Yet even in bleak times, flashes of joy break through. The spirit of community and mutual aid and the warmth of the Amish family life triumph over shadows. And always, for Daniel, there is hope. Hope that Hildie will someday return. Hope that eventually his actions will be understood by the church.