Young Lainey Traynor's mother, Genevieve, has died. Soon, she also loses her father, Jeremiah, after he abandons her, unable to cope with the tragedy. Lainey is sent to live with her loving grandparents, Jude and Tessie Weston, on a tobacco farm in Virginia. However, when Jude is hospitalized, the family realizes he is suffering from serious, life-threatening dementia. Tessie takes on the responsibility of caring for Jude, but that means that Lainey must reconnect with her father whom she has come to despise.

After Genevieve is about this difficult reconnection, which challenges not only Lainey, but everyone close to her. Ultimately, Lainey and her father must both come to understand the importance of family and how forgiveness is their pathway to stability, happiness and love.