This story takes place in the 1970’s when society’s rules were going through a profound transformation. A young woman in her twenties left with two children to raise with little financial and moral support in a small town with small-minded people. They tear her down with gossip from their old-fashioned ideology. It illustrates how she believes that the only safe position for a woman with children is to be married. It shows all the struggles, including the harrassment from her estranged husband that she had to go through to survive under her new circumstances.