Twenty-four-year-old Amish woman Joanna Kurtz holds two secrets--she wants to be a published writer, and she longs to be married to an Amish man who lives two states away.

Forced to take responsibility for the family farm when her father dies, Henry Ann Henry sees hope in the form of neighbor Tom Dolan, but a false charge of murder seems to doom their chance for happiness.

During Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the '80s and '90s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. Her personal history affirms the corrosive impact intergenerational poverty can have on individuals, families, and communities. Combining memoir with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, this is an uncompromising look at class, identity, and the particular...

A farmer tries to change the behavior of his rowdy horses who play all night and sleep all day.

A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family's land dispute.

Freshly single and unemployed, Kerry agrees to help her brother sell Christmas trees in New York and make a new start.