A young girl grows up on a farm in postwar Germany in the northern province of Schleswig-Holstein. Her family were refugees from an eastern German province. She becomes a friend to a local young man named Christian. The two fall in love and are challenged with social status and family's wealth of locals. The young man dies in an accident shortly after he asked her hand in marriage. Karen later immigrates to Canada with her two daughters to start a new life after a failed marriage, uncertain what the future holds. Her main concerns are her daughters. Her little family comes to love their new home and country Canada. Many years later, when Karen least expects it, love enters her life again in form of a close relative of her first love. She is finally able to give her whole heart again.