The Black Walnut Tree

Sylvie Linden has endured a lifetime of family and intimate partner violence both in her young life in Montreal and her marriage relationship in Waterloo. Her six-year-old daughter Dana, a witness to the violence in their household, is Sylvie's greatest concern. When a series of crises-including a natural disaster and ensuing homelessness-brings them to an Old Order Mennonite farming family in rural Ontario, new challenges unfold.Members of the Thomas Martin family try to maintain their usu...