In 1959, a zealous Baptist preacher named Nathan Price drags his wife and four daughters from Georgia to a remote village in the Belgian Congo, determined to save souls. The story is told through the unique, rotating voices of the five Price women—Orleanna, Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May—as they struggle to survive in a land they do not understand. Their journey becomes a powerful exploration of cultural arrogance, the devastating legacy of colonialism, and the resilience of family bonds shattered by one man's fanatical mission. Each sister's perspective reveals a different facet of the clash between Western ideals and African reality, forever changing their lives.