A vivid tale of ranch life followed through the seasons of 1938 by a young girl, who agrees to manage her brother's ranch temporarily so he can pursue an opportunity in Mexico. She faces the severity of a Wyoming winter in a men's world, and the confined everyday company of people who question her ability to run a ranch. This is a fictional tale of a working ranch of real people, real weather, real machinery, and real community, set in the backdrop of late Depression years in the west. The animals and the land, the rhythm of the seasons, are central to the story.