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Patricia MacLachlan adapts her own novel, a bittersweet portrait of a family's loss. The story focuses on a farmer with a passion for photography, his headstrong wife, and their 11-year-old grandson, who is emotionally devastated when his mother abandons the family. The drama explores the theme of hope as the child searches for the truth somewhere behind the pictures in his grandfather's family photographs.
Adaptation of the stage play by Tom Griffin about about four mentally challenged housemates. Norman loves doughnuts, and a girl named Sheila; Barry fancies himself a golf instructor; Arnold is beset with shopping problems; and Lucien is preparing to testify before a Senate committee. Looking out for them is a dedicated social worker whose wife warns him, ""These dear, sweet damaged guys are eating you up alive.""
A close-knit Amish farming community in Iowa is plagued by a series of barn burnings. These crimes come under the investigation of a cagey FBI agent whose efforts to resolve the case hinge on an uneasy alliance with a candid Amish widow.
