In this way, a community of like-minded individuals can emerge and often replace the dynamics of nuclear families. Victoria finally finds her place in the world as the McPheron brothers go out of their way to make her feel safe and comfortable in their home.ĭespite all of the loneliness, heartbreak and isolation running rampant in the narrative, for many of these characters, the best recourse is to reach out to other people. Though the McPheron brothers are apprehensive at first, they begin to care for Victoria and help her prepare for the arrival of her baby. However, their lives of quiet solitude are forever changed on account of Maggie’s plan to have Victoria live with them. Though they are liked by most of the locals, they have kept an isolationist stance to other people. The brothers have never married and have lived on the ranch for their entire lives. When the brothers were teenagers, their mother and father passed away. When Maggie finally finds herself unable to juggle all her responsibilities while also helping Victoria, she enacts a plan to house Victoria with two elderly brothers who live outside of town.īrothers Raymond and Harold McPheron live on a ranch outside of town, about 17 miles from civilization. Maggie wonders if he may be available, but does not know if she is ready to introduce another possible complication into her life. She is attracted to Guthrie, despite his own set of problems. Maggie is unmarried, does not have any children, and is the caregiver of her senile father. With no one to lean on and nowhere to go, Victoria seeks help from Maggie. When her mother finds out about the pregnancy, she locks Victoria out of her own house, thus casting Victoria further into loneliness and isolation. Victoria’s first and only boyfriend-and father of her child-disappeared a few weeks prior. In the same town, Victoria Roubideaux, a 17-year-old pregnant girl, lives a lonely life with her verbally abusive mother. Guthrie attempts to soothe his own loneliness with physical comforts, until he discovers a genuine, emotional connection with fellow teacher, Maggie Jones. Ike and Bobby are forced to grow up fast as they navigate their way through life without a mother figure to ease their isolation and confusion. As Guthrie and his children struggle to comprehend Ella’s deteriorating condition, their homelife disintegrates, and Ella moves to Denver. Ella is suffering from depression and confines herself to a dark bedroom, spending most of her time there away from her children and Guthrie.
In Holt, Colorado, Tom Guthrie readies his young children, Ike and Bobby, for school and checks in on his sleeping wife, Ella, before leaving for work.
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