Hickshaw, Georgia is home to Mave and Shirley, life-long friends that separate after high school graduation. They each travel far from their small town beginnings but remain true to their values while happening upon a revelation on their journey into adulthood. Mave is a promising student about to graduate and accomplish great things, except life circumstances mandate she marries, and for Shirley, life takes her on an adventure after her parents' failed attempt at marrying her to the town's most eligible son.
Spanning 20 years beginning in 1965, the women grow into extraordinary women. Mave struggles with the role she has been given as wife and mother all the while longing for the independence and freedom to pursue her dreams. Shirley, on the other hand, travels the world in search of the thing that she discarded so easily years ago.
Tag along as these two women face heartbreak and disappointment forcing them to choose different paths. As their friendship is tested by separation and betrayal, follow these two women as they remain close to one another, even when it seems their friendship might not last the pettiness and intrusion that characterize this fictional small town. Tales from a far off Place Called Home is about a journey of self-discovery that comes at the price of growth.