In the same day, two devastating letters arrive driving Ella Tate to finally return to her childhood home of Mercy, Alabama and face the secrets and shame of her painful past. Set predominantly in the sanctuary of a small southern town in the 1960's, Mercy, Alabama spans decades and states to probe a buried but unsettled past plagued with mistrust and tainted by an unresolved murder. It explores the choices that define us, the nature of forgiveness, and the frailty of human connections in the face of disaster.