Depicts ... "rural America's struggle against corporate agriculture through the eyes of one woman... catapulted unwillingly to the front lines by her husband's dying words... Locked in a David and Goliath conflict with powers well beyond her control, a fatherless child to provide for, and their own survival dependent upon the fragile lives of thousands of baby chicks, Berta must find a path forward where her son can know and love the farm the way his father had."--back cover.