Like a glow in the deep night

1937: Head over heels, the Englishwoman Alice follows her fiancé Bennett to America. However, instead of finding herself in the land of unlimited possibilities, she ends up in Baileyville, a small town in the Kentucky mountains. The most powerful man there is the tyrannical mine owner Geoffrey Van Cleve, her father-in-law, under whose roof she must live. Alice only finds new courage when she meets four women from the Packhorse Library: one of the rural libraries established at the initiative of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. For those who are too sick or too old, the women bring the books to their homes. Day after day, they ride heavily laden horses to the remote farms in the mountains. Alice loves her task, the wild nature, and its inhabitants. And she gathers the courage to forge her own path. Even in love. Against all odds.