When everything turns to dust, only faith can hold them together.
By 1933, three years of drought had devastated much of the Great Plains, including parts of the Texas Panhandle. No longer able to grow wheat on their ancestral land located within the Dust Bowl, Mary Beth and Lonnie McCoy must abandon their beloved home and find a livelihood somewhere else—no easy feat during the Depression. Mary Beth struggles to keep her faith from being lost in a river of dust.
Near the McCoy’s land, a mother encourages her son to go make a future for himself. Fourteen-year-old Thacker Clark leaves home to “ride the rails”. Riddled with fear and loneliness, Thacker begins a dangerous journey, risking his life for the promise of work.
The discovery of oil in East Texas offered relief for many of the unemployed. But when hundreds of families migrate to the boom area, they discover there are more people than work. Amid the chaos of rapid growth and fierce employment competition, many like the McCoys, face similar hardships to the ones they left behind.
As Mary Beth and Thacker navigate homelessness, trials, and prejudices, each must confront the possibility that the loving Father can bring them hope and peace—and a place to call home.
