Flight Behavior

Delia Turnbow lives in poverty with her family on her father-in-law’s farm in the Appalachian mountains. When she wanders into a forest that is suffused in a strange orange flame, she thinks it is a private miracle. A charismatic entomologist shows up from another world to study the phenomenon, and the miracle takes on very public dimensions. As religious, economic and political interests vie to exploit the so-called miracle and the residents of Feathertown establish their claims, Delia and her young son forge a friendship with the entomologist and taste the bittersweet fruit of scientific curiosity and understanding for the first time.