Bridgers's characters move through their daily routines at home or at school, at work and in church with an illusion of the commonplace, the routine. But like real people, they are constantly faced with choices; they make decisions and cope with the consequences which affect not only themselves but those around them. Like Robert Frost, they see "two roads" diverging before them, make a choice, and perhaps look back with a sigh for what might have been.

Wren is thirteen years old and enjoying her first romance. Sam Holland, her boyfriend, is already planning their future together. He will have a secure job, earn a decent living, and provide for his family. The life he projects for Wren is a reflection of the "roads" chosen by his mother and Wren's grandmother, the traditional role of a wife and mother whose "career" revolves around family...