When Gracie Berai accompanies her grandmother on a neighborhood visit she learns a skill that will change her life when they unexpectedly deliver the young woman's baby. Gracie is terrified as events spin around her but Grandma Elmore immediately recognizes that Gracie has a gift for midwifing. Gracie continues to learn from her grandmother and when she moves to Martha Washington with her new husband word quickly spreads and her help is sought again...