For twenty-three-year-old Dorothy May Bradford, leaving her three-year-old son behind to stay with her mother and only sister was just the beginning of the hardships she would endure. Now sharing cramped living quarters in the Mayflower's gun deck with her husband William and one hundred other passengers , Dorothy and the Pilgrims cross the Atlantic in obedience to God's irresistible calling. With limited personal belongings, including a writing tablet that was a gift from her sister, Dorothy vows to record every detail of their journey, in hopes of encouraging her family to join them in the New World. This fictional collection of letters written to her sister highlights Dorothy's courage and faith as well as her focus on God's continual presence and promises. With the help of her husband and her friends, Dorothy fearlessly faces the challenges of their perilous travel -- delay after delay, seasickness, disease, frightful storms, food shortages, and even death of a few passengers. Dorothy's letters portray the strength of the Mayflower women as they become a community of supportive friends, making plans to start a new life together in an uncivilized, unpopulated and completely unknown land.