Helen O’Brien is a teenaged immigrant from Ireland working in a New England home for a Doctor and his nervous bride - and a ghost – the former resident of the house who had been convicted of murdering her stepson. Helen lives with her sister and sister’s brutal husband, Tom, who also works for the Doctor. Desperate to get away from Tom, and sympathetic to the young bride she works for, Helen must navigate the harsh world of America and the dark obsession of the other side. Inspired by one of New England’s most notorious nineteenth century murders, Self Evidence is a deeply moving, often funny story about the long fight women have made and still are making for their economic and personal liberties.