An award-winning scholar cares for her widower father and keeps very much to herself, but when she meets a loner she finally begins to feel a sense of belonging - only for a tragic series of events to leave her facing an uphill struggle. Drama, starring Kate Capshaw, Clara Bryant, Robert Forster and Cybill Shepherd.

Mary Faith Rapple, a bright high school senior, has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a night class, cares for her widowed father and pretty much keeps to herself. When a fellow loner moves to Due East, she finds herself in a relationship for the first time, leading to a small town scandal that changes her life forever.