The Ravine Forevermore is a story of repressed memory and murder among the migrant factory workers of the 1970's, intertwined with a present day mystery. Esperanza Tijerina is a psychology professor from Dallas, whose husband, Eduardo, relates snippets and anecdotes of his young life in Pinewood, Michigan. However, she detects something more sinister and dangerous in his underlying tone. Consequently, she takes it upon herself to unlock his memory without his knowledge, fearful that his secrets will forever be locked and the truth unknown.