Joanna (Catherine) Barnett is a young woman who has had a difficult childhood. She had been under the control of domineering parents, and then a domineering husband. She has, after years of trying, become pregnant. But when she announces this to her husband, he leaves their home and subsequently refuses to talk to her or see her. In confusion she escapes to a rural area she remembers from happier times; there hiding under an assumed name. Follow the travels of Joanna as she begins her new life and her struggles to make it on her own. In Monongahela Snow Pass she finds employment, friendships,...