<p>Jakob thinks coming to America and reuniting with his beautiful Rachel is a dream come true but he soon realizes America&rsquo;s streets aren&rsquo;t lined with gold and that people who don&rsquo;t quite fit in aren&rsquo;t always treated very nicely. As he&nbsp;struggles&nbsp;to adjust to life in America Rachel struggles with insecurities over how her husband is little more than a stranger.</p><p>Just when it seems her heart is no longer in turmoil a new struggle arises&mdash;finding a midwife in a country where hospital birth has become the norm. Her search for a midwife isn&rsquo;t helped by the conformist young wives&rsquo; social club she&rsquo;s been roped into joining full of women who already look down on her for keeping her surname wanting to go to college and enjoying sex.</p>