Set around the turn of the century. Jacob (Christopher Walken), a widowed farmer with two small children, places an ad in a paper for a new wife (Glenn Close). The ad is answered by a spinster in Maine, who writes letters to them and describes herself as "plain and tall". And she takes a trip to Jacob's farm to see if she can make a difference.
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