One day. One hour. One accident. One fire. Everything had been lost in an instant. After enduring the loss of her husband, Raya Applewood is faced with the dilemma of returning to the comforts of life in her father's home or following her destitute mother-in-law back to the East - a place she said she would never go. As she's forced to come face-to-face with the struggles of life and death, decency and character, love and shame, Up From the Ash Heap tells a timeless story of loyalty, friendship, and blessed redemption.