A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
Sally Field
as Mary Follet
William Hurt
as Jay Follet
Ned Beatty
as Ralph Follet
Ellen Corby
as Great-Gandmaw
Ann Doran
as Great-Aunt Sadie
Betty Garrett
as Catherine
Murray Hamilton
as Joel Lynch
Polly Holliday
as Aunt Hannah
Michael Horton
as Andrew
Jeremy Licht
as Rufus Follet
Frances Lee McCain
as Sally
John McIntire
as John Henry, Jay's Father
