Patience is not an ordinary girl. She is very bright and is able to do some amazing things. Secretly, and with her mother's guidance, she is the first female to escape from the polygamous, Jacksonville Compound. The secret takes years of planning and lots of work. Before her escape, more then once, her secret is almost discovered. After she leaves the compound she must survive until her eighteenth birthday, otherwise, if she is caught, she will be classified as a runaway and be returned to the compound. During this time she goes through some frightful and nerve-racking experiences.