Follows three generations across vast distances and the impact of a dark and unfamiliar episode of America's past, the Orphan Train.

Bridget Collins is in dire straits -- she needs to get out of New York, fast. With two young siblings under her wing, her options are limited. Her priest sends her as an outplacement agent on the orphan trains that run from New York out west. With almost forty orphans under her care, she's relieved fellow and more experienced outplacement agent Carl Watson, is there to guide her. But Carl is dealing with his own trauma and finds it difficult to handle...

Tells the story of the children who rode the orphan trains that ran from 1854 to 1929 bringing thousands from East Coast orphanages into rural settings for adoption.