Ben and Leslie Cash live largely off the grid with their six children in a cabin in the mountains of Washington state, raising them according to their socialist and survivalist ideals. The children are highly educated, physically trained, and capable of hunting, foraging, and caring for themselves, but they have little experience with mainstream society. When circumstances force the family to leave their home and enter the modern world, they are confronted by first love, consumer culture, and the conflict between their beliefs and the expectations of others. The journey challenges Ben’s worldview and reshapes the family’s understanding of freedom, grief, and responsibility.