As the story begins, two families face a pregnancy that draws them into a bitter standoff. 
The couple expecting a baby are newlyweds. A young wife lives with her family on a farm in the American Midwest while her Alabama-born husband is deployed to Afghanistan. After finding out something is wrong with their baby—-at first she’s not sure what—-the wife considers having an abortion. But her mother and others intervene. Ultimately, a child is born against his mother’s will.