Stella Bingham has lived a bleak and restricted life in Bingham Holler. As America enters WWII, Stella's father dies. Someone claiming to be Sam Bingham's son, contests the will, laying claim to half of everything Stella inherited. In addition to her legal problems, she has to deal with her mama's sordid past; good-hearted, nosy neighbors; and unwanted advice from friends and relatives. Raymond Fox, abandoned by his unwed mother, grew up on a farm...