Miriam Lapp, who left the Amish community in Pennsylvania three years ago, is heartbroken when her sister calls to reveal that her mother has died suddenly. Traveling home, she faces the heartache from her past, including her rift from her family and the break-up of her engagement with Timothy Kauffman. Her emotional wounds are reopened when her family rejects her again and she finds out Timothy is in a new relationship. Miriam discovers the rumors that broke them up three years ago were lies. However, when Timothy proposes to his girlfriend and Miriam's father disowns her, Miriam returns to Indiana with her heart in shambles. Will she ever find her place again in the Amish community, or her faith in God