When Lucinda Baker travels to Sycamore Canon in Arizona to be with her new husband, she finds herself lonelier than she thought was possible, and when she is raped by an Apache and becomes pregnant she begins to think she is in over her head.
Briefly explores what it was like for a woman to live and work in the Old West, including first-hand accounts about such things as making soap, clothing, and nutritious meals.
Since the death of their parents, teenage Angela and her older brother have been providing the material needs of three younger siblings, but she fears for the future.
