1944. World War II. Denver. Her stern father Rev. Livy Dunne has effectively thrown Livy out of her house. Dunne is unmarried and pregnant. To ensure her baby's safety, she is forced to flee to Colorado to be married to an unmarried farmer. Livy is wary of Ray Singleton when she arrives in Wilson, Colorado. Ray Singleton's hardscrabble lifestyle and worldly Livy are boredom despite their inherent wisdom and goodness. Lily discovers more about Ray, the calm, pragmatic, self-sacrificing farmer, and Martha, "a queen among women", and their family over time. Slowly, almost inexorably Livy discovers that she might have "found home", quite by accident. Ray, on the other hand, visits the local library regularly and reads the classics to be able to converse with his wife. Livy makes friends with two Japanese-American teens who were interned at the camp near her parents. Rose and Florence are intelligent and pretty. These girls teach Livy valuable lessons about love and life. Livy gives birth to her child, but Ray decides she will stay. She tells Ray that in six months, Ray has taught her more about love than the 25 years I spent with my father. --Happy_Evil_Dude
