Tom lives a simple life as a single father of a pre-teen daughter, but their estranged wife and mother has chosen a much different path. Natasha hops trains and has become a vagrant since leaving her family a few years earlier. After a dangerous encounter riding the rails, Natasha chooses to show up on the doorstep of the family she abandoned and finds an upset husband and a little girl yearning for a mother. Can someone who covets independence settle down? Hobo Mom explores the ideas of being trapped in domesticity and whether one deserves happiness, even at the cost of others.