Love Comes Softly is based on the first of Janette Oke's best selling series of christian books. The book was originally published in 1979 - so city, and even country life back then were pretty different.
About This Movie
Theater release:September 17, 2004
by Hallmark Entertainment
Directed by: Michael Landon, Jr. and Cindy Kelley
Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
Cast: Katherine Heigl (Marty Claridge), Dale Midkiff (Clark Davis), Skye McCole Bartusiak (Missie Davis), Corbin Bernsen (Ben Graham), Theresa Russell (Sarah Graham)
The story is about Marty Clairidge (Katherine Heigl) who leaves the city with her husband and moves to the country to start a new life and family. Her husband dies shortly after reaching the country and while the soil on his grave is still soft, she receives a proposition from another widower Clark Davis (Dale Midkiff) to marry him. This was supposed to be a short arrangement, so she could have a roof over her head for the winter and he could have a mother-figure for his 9 year old daughter until the spring - at which point she could leave if she decided to.
Marty agrees, they were married the next day, and she moves in. Marty and Missie, Clark's daughter (Skye McCole Bartusiak) had a little trouble adjusting (as expected), then she finds out she's pregnant - with her late husband's child. She has the baby (a boy), and really starts to settle into the family life. She has no intention of falling in love with Clark, but the turning point comes one day when a visit from a neighbor reveals that love indeed does come softly, and she might fall in love with Clark if she allowed it to.
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If you would like to see the movie, you can rent or buy it here - Love Comes SoftlyOr get the Entire 7 DVD Love Comes Softly Series
