The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik

At thirty years old and unmarried, Vesta Blonik’s future looks bleak when her widowed father remarries, sells the family farm, and moves away during the depths of the Great Depression, leaving her behind. With winter approaching, she seeks shelter with her brother Josef and his wife, Eva, in a nearby town. The two women start a laundry business to make ends meet, but when Eva announces she’s expecting a baby, Vesta realizes she must forge her own path. Meanwhile, in eastern North Carolina, ...