A sparkling girl in rural America during the early years of the 20th Century, Mia is fascinated by a mannerly young scholar from a renowned Bostonian family. Because of him, she moves to that city's exclusive Beacon Hill. Mia's loyalty and kindness later bring her to a brawling neighborhood of Irish immigrants when America enters the First World War and suffers through a lethal influenza pandemic.Returning to the majestic Adirondack Mountains with...