The Past — Graduate student Beth Winslow was sure she was prepared to navigate the challenges to become a surrogate. But when early exams indicate feasible abnormalities with the baby, Beth is certainly unprepared for the parents’ decision to end the being pregnant — as well as for the fierce appreciate she feels for this unborn kid. Eager, she flees the town and looks for refuge at Hopen Haus, a house for unwed mothers deep in a Tennessee Mennonite community.

The Present — As head midwife of Hopen Haus, Rhoda Mummau delivers babies with a confident though stoic ease. Except in rare moments, not those who function alongside her would reckon that each newborn cry, each starry-eyed look from mother to child, nearly renders a fault through Rhoda’s center, reminding her of a past she’s carefully concealed.

History and present collide whenever a youthful girl named Amelia arrives in the sweeping countryside bearing secrets of her own. As Amelia’s due date pulls near, Rhoda must encounter her regrets and those she left out for the curing power of love and forgiveness to create them all free of charge.