Kather Shaw hauls freight across rutted highways to feed three children until a severe collision shocks her awake inside a tragic retro novel. Horrified, she realizes her foretold ending: she is doomed to die impoverished while her gullible spouse surrenders every dime to a predatory neighborhood widow.
Rejecting her scripted demise, Kather brandishes a heavy tire iron to overhaul her fractured household with ferocious discipline. She transforms her demoralized children into self-reliant fighters, strips financial control from her enabling husband, and publicly humbles the scheming mistress. With local gossip vicious and debt mounting, Kather stakes everything on pulling her family out of poverty.
