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Synopsis: In this new television movie, Laura and Almanzo Wilder leave their home in South Dakota to seek a better life in Missouri with their daughter, Rose. It's a difficult journey, but their determination to create a new existence keeps them going. Laura documents their daily life in her letters home to her parents, Charles and Caroline Ingalls, and, late at night, writes the rich and textured stories she will eventually have published. Once they arrive in the small town of Mansfield, the Wilders find a rundown farm house on a parcel of land and use their last $100 to make a down payment. They plan to sell firewood, plant apple trees and split the demanding work between them. But Almanzo, physically weak from an earlier illness, is unable to keep up and considers moving back to South Dakota in defeat. Laura vetoes that idea and hires Cornelius Loudermilk - an emotionally damaged local man who lost his home and family to fire - to help them. Meanwhile, Rose is challenged at school where she is picked on unmercifully by the local children who don't accept outsiders. However, she ultimately discovers her own unique talent and, inspired by her mother, decides that she, too, will become a writer. Bolstered by their enduring love and commitment to one another, this beloved frontier family ultimately thrives. The Cast: |
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