The River

Years after leaving the Amish community, sisters Tilly and Ruth find themselves back in Lancaster County, though neither is eager to go. Their parents are marking a milestone wedding anniversary, and the trip forces them to face relationships they never settled. Tilly has built a life outside the faith by marrying a man from the English world. Ruth has stayed unmarried and still thinks often about the courtship that ended badly with an Amish young man. As old history meets the present, both sisters long to be accepted and to find some measure of redemption. The story asks whether they can move forward when the past cannot be changed.