A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
15 yaşındaki Gracie, New Jersey'de üç erkek kardeşin içinde tek kız olarak ailesi ile birlikte mütevazi bir hayat sürmektedir. Ailenin en büyük takıntısı spordur; arka bahçede yapılan futbol maçlarının yanı sıra sabahtan akşama yapılan tek sohbette spordur. Büyük kardeşi Johnny okulun gözde futbolcularından biridir, ancak bir araba çarpması sonucu hayata veda eder.Gracie hem kardeşinin anısını taze tutabilmek, hem de spor tutkusunu yerine getirebilmek için futbol takımına girmeye karar verir. Oysa 1978'te kadın futbolcu yoktur ve Gracie öncelikle bir kadının da futbol oynayabileceğini kanıtlamak zorundadır.
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.