Her Time, Maud, inspired by her heroic Aunt Della, sets out to break the bonds of expectations and to make a satisfactory life for herself in Nova Scotia in the 1920s and 30s. She struggles through miserable jobs, juggles multiple suitors, and learns as she goes on a path that takes her from tiny villages to Montreal and Halifax.Good friends and untrustworthy acquaintances cross her path, but she makes it her path.