Based on the immi­gra­tion of her great-grand­par­ents from Ger­many to Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the mid-1800’s, this is an imag­in­ing of their moti­va­tions for immi­grat­ing, trav­els, dif­fi­cul­ties in assim­i­lat­ing to life in the South dur­ing the Recon­struc­tion Era, their treat­ment as Jews in their new home, and their rocky but roman­tic road to mar­riage. Ros­alia Wolf­son has no future in Gliewitz because of an unfor­tu­nate inci­dent which ren­ders her unmar­riage­able. She meets Carl Gers­man, a friend of the fam­i­ly from out of town, and sparks fly. Carl leaves for Amer­i­ca to escape forced con­scrip­tion into the Pruss­ian army. He pro­pos­es to Ros­alia first, and she even­tu­al­ly fol­lows him to Hot Springs. She is almost kid­napped by a human traf­fick­er on the ship, but escapes. Her jour­ney to Hot Springs is haunt­ed by the fear of the traf­fick­er chas­ing her. Is her fear imag­ined or real? Carl has been build­ing a house on free home­stead prop­er­ty for his bride-to-be. Will Ros­alia accept this life in the wilder­ness of Arkansas?