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In a unique coming-of-age story, a spirited Mormon girl travels with like-minded souls from their native Wales to America. The first-person narrative tells of the walking trek from Iowa City to Utah and of Charlotte's caring for a baby girl whose mother dies in childbirth. Her fantasy--a future with baby Rose--is destined to hurt her, but with help, she does what she knows she must when Rose's father comes to reclaim his daughter.