An elderly Christy returns to the long-abandoned mission where she once taught and reminisces about her past. Her memories center around a time when change was coming to Cutter Gap--some for the better, some not, and all of it resisted by the locals. When Christy pushed a young student to study for medical school against the wishes of his father. Problems arise and the town turns against Christy, causing her to do some soul-searching.moreless