Alexandra Bergson inherits the family farm and struggles to carve a home and a fortune from the windswept prairie. Along the way, she forfeits her one chance for love, but never forgets the teenager who stirred her heart. He returns 15 years later and rekindles within Alexandra a long-buried dream and newfound desire. Willa Cather's famous novel comes stirringly to life in this made-for-TV movie.—SLR

In the 1880s, young Swede Alexandra Bergson and her family come to Nebraska to live off the land. Years later, when the Bergson patriarch dies, the adult Alexandra learns that she is heir to the family farm. Amid the protestations of her jealous siblings, Alexandra succeeds in single-handedly managing the farm. Her biggest challenge arises, however, when Carl, the lover who left her life decades earlier, comes back looking for romance.—Jwelch5742