When Beth, her husband, and four small children, move to a small town in Northern Minnesota near the end of the Great Depression, the good job, which her husband hoped to secure, does not materialize. In dire straits, they are forced to live in an abandoned cabin and to call on others to help provide milk for their little children.

They soon find there are others in need during this trying time, and as the frigid winter passes, Beth and her husband learn that the more they give of their meager resources, the greater the blessings they receive in return.

This is a heartwarming story of love, sharing, and survival during a very trying time.