Abstract:
In 1958 Vernon and Susy are living out their lives in two very different towns in the hills of Kentucky. The two teenagers are separated by only a few hundred miles, but the divide runs much deeper than mere distance. He is a fragile farm boy — she was born into a life of luxury. They have nothing in common, until one day Susy's father — a pilot in the Air Force — crashes his jet on the land belonging to Vernon's aging parents, and this one event propels them into a world where they are forced to reevaluate everything they have always believed in.