With her father dead and her step-mother trying to get her inheritance, 20-year-old Dria Davis leaves her home in Bakersfield, California in search of her grandmother's cousin near Fisk, Missouri. But when she almost hits a 3-year-old child following her dog out into the highway, she finds a temporary job and a safe place to stay. There she meets the child's admirable father who sees her as an excellent mother for his child. She also meets eccentric...