A narrative of the life of a country boy who left the province searching for a better life and yet finds himself looking back to the rural life he once deemed denigrating to draw happy memoirs. From his vivid recollection of his beloved aunt's daily struggles, he paints the hard life of single farm-mothers who labored daily to elevate their children out of poverty through literacy. And yet, that same education that was supposed to brighten their future was the rods that made them abandon their roots and culture.