Leaving her native England with her sister, Honor Bright had no idea how foreign America would be to her. The sun here is too hot, the thunderstorms are severe, and the people are not like their neighbors in the Quaker community. She cannot even do her favorite sewing as before - here it is customary not to embroider, but to make appliqués. What to choose: become like everyone else in Ohio, or decide on one last escape...