A man looking for answers. Widower Alan Ridge wonders if Laurel Ashline, a weaver who's just arrived in Ridge City, Kentucky, can do what no doctor has: help his daughter, Louemma. He's skeptical about weaving as therapy but he'll do anything for Louemma. Her injuries resulted from the accident that killed her mother although Alan's never understood where his wife was going that icy winter day. A woman looking for a home. Laurel Ashline's grandmother was from this small town, and Laurel has come here to claim her inheritance a cabin, plus forty acres and to begin her new life. A child looking for a mother. Louemma Ridge wants three things: to get better, to unburden herself of a secret and, most of all, she wants a new mother. As her daddy soon finds out, she's chosen Laurel for the part .