Author and director Michael Landon, Jr. and Cindy Kelley-screenwriters behind the popular Love Comes Softly films-deliver a heartwarming Depression-era tale of a devoted mother and her disabled son. When baby Jack is born, Mary's joy abounds-until a shocking diagnosis proclaims him a deaf mute. While Mary lovingly nurtures the boy, her husband longs to be rid of "the freak." Abandoned, Mary struggles to survive. And then she discovers Jack's amazing gift. "Scenes and people leap off the pages."-Romantic Times, starred review