"Dear Mama, Love Sarah . . . Did You Hear Me Cry?" tells of suffering, love, and redemption. Sarah's Patriot family disowns her when her husband, Reuben, remains a Tory and leads a regiment in the Battle of Ramsour's Mill where the Patriots are victorious and the Tories routed. Wanted by his enemies, Reuben hides leaving Sarah to tend a large plantation under enemy siege, rear thirteen children, and await his return. When he reunites with his family, Sarah strugggles as he refuses to accept himself as vanquished. They are forced to move to the squabble lands of the frontier and Kentucky....