Mud

Mae lives with Lloyd, whom her father brought home as an abandoned child and raised with Mae. Mae and Lloyd live in considerable rural poverty, but Mae attends literacy classes and is committed to learning to read and to becoming numerate. Whilst Lloyd takes care of their pig, Betsy, Mae works hard cleaning, cooking, and ironing. She attempts to deal with Lloyd’s ill health and introduces an older gentleman, Henry, to read to them a health pamphlet.