Four Maples, a grand Victorian summer home in New Hampshire's White Mountains, has been badly damaged by a large tree felled in a winter storm. The elderly owner can not oversee the repairs and has requested her grand-niece, Nonie, to do determine if the house can be repaired.
Nonie has long loved the house. In the course of the repairs she encounters a hostile building inspector, an eager real estate agent, and the representative of a...