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Sarah, Plain and Tall — When Kansas farmer Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken) advertises for a "kind woman" to take care of his two motherless children, Sarah Wheaton (Glenn Close) travels from Maine to the prairie to start a new life. Sarah's lively devotion to her motherly duties soon overcomes the children's distrust by bringing love into their daily life. But Jacob can't let go of his late wife's memory..until a determined Sarah opens the door to his lonely heart and takes their family over the threshold to a bright new beginning.

Skylark — Sequel to Sarah: Plain and Tall. It's been two years since Sarah came to Kansas as a mail-order bride: time enough to draw her ready-made family together, and for Jacob and Sarah to fall deeper in love. But a terrible drought is ravaging the land, and as crops fail and friends leave, the simple fabric of their lives is torn apart by the struggle to survive. When a fire threatens their home and their lives, Sarah and Jacob are forced to make a difficult decision. Now a painful separation will test their courage, try their faith, and teach them that home is not just a piece of land..but a place within the hearts of those who love.

Winter's End — The further adventures of Sarah, Plain and Tall take place during the winter of 1918, while influenza was taking the lives of many throughout the Mid-West. One frosty night, a mysterious stranger takes refuge in Sarah and Jacob Witting’s barn. After being discovered, he informs Jacob that he is his father. John Witting had abandoned his wife and child when Jacob was just a small boy. This sets the stage for many a life-lesson as the family attempts to know their reclusive relative and Jacob faces his own anger for him. Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, and Jack Palance,