Black Butterflies, White Fences

Ivy Strauss, a half-Jewish, Iowa farm girl has had enough! Her son Noah, a shy, stuttering twelve-year-old desperately needs some fatherly attention, but it’s clear her husband Ethan is too self-absorbed to notice the boy’s plight. Ivy describes Ethan’s involvement with his family as, “One half of a cross-breeze that blows in and out of our lives at will.”

Determined to do whatever it takes to help Noah feel comfortable in his own skin, Ivy tells Ethan she’s taking Noah to try out for an inn...