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New England, 1919. Nineteen year old Georgia Rice, who has cared for her father and two siblings ever since her mother's death, is diagnosed with consumption and sent away to a sanitarium. Freed from the burdens of running a household, she discovers a nearly lost world of youth and possibility - and a doomed romance.
The present. Catherine Hubbard, Georgia's granddaughter, no longer feels any attachment to her life in San Fransico. After her divorce, she shudders when she hears herself refer to a man she lived with for twelve years as her "second" husband - words she could never, in her youth, have imagined uttering. So when Georgia's old Vermont house is passed down to her, Cath seizes the cance to return to the simple comfort of her childhood home. There, sorting through her own affairs, Cath stumbles upon Georgia's diaries. Through them, she glimpses the true world of her grandparents that lingered below the one she saw- and the misunderstang upon which Georgia built a lifelong love.
The present. Catherine Hubbard, Georgia's granddaughter, no longer feels any attachment to her life in San Fransico. After her divorce, she shudders when she hears herself refer to a man she lived with for twelve years as her "second" husband - words she could never, in her youth, have imagined uttering. So when Georgia's old Vermont house is passed down to her, Cath seizes the cance to return to the simple comfort of her childhood home. There, sorting through her own affairs, Cath stumbles upon Georgia's diaries. Through them, she glimpses the true world of her grandparents that lingered below the one she saw- and the misunderstang upon which Georgia built a lifelong love.
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