Cold, Hard Prayer

In 1924, an orphan train passes through the Midwest, and two teenagers, seeking a new life, find nothing but hardship when taken in to live on a farm in Michigan. Mercy, a teenage girl of mixed race, and a boy nicknamed Rope, who lost fingers in a factory accident, become virtual prisoners of Harlan and Estelle Nau.

In 1924, un tren orfan trece prin Midwest, iar doi adolescenti, in cautarea unei noi vieti, nu gasesc decat greutati atunci cand sunt luati sa locuiasca la o ferma din Michigan. Mercy, o adolescenta de rasa mixta si un baiat poreclit Rope, care si-a pierdut degetele intr-un accident din fabrica, devin virtuali prizonieri ai lui Harlan si Estelle Nau.