📒 Webster County, Iowa, 1899: When Bessie Kloubec turns eleven she wants to be seen as more grown-up. However, she isn’t prepared for the violence that unravels her family and throws her into an adult role. As she tries to fix her broken family, will her own anxieties overwhelm her? LaMoure County, North Dakota, 1904: As Bessie turns sixteen, the family moves away, hoping to leave their secrets behind. They are welcomed into the community, but a new family scandal breaks out. Will her budding romance survive? Where can she find the healing needed to move her heart forward? Based on a true story and told in first person, Bessie’s dilemma is as relevant today as it was over one hundred years ago.