When Libby inherits a wrecked 1961 Rolls Royce, she sets off on a journey to reassemble the car and pieces of the past her father left behind. In honor of her Alabama roots, she names the car after Zelda Fitzgerald. A little broken herself, Libby finds herself with a new understanding of marriage and family. Based on the real-life experiences of Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, Zelda in the Backyard is a story of love and loss, and all the roads in between.