tony be a writer and can not get his late book publish in nyc so he and his wife go to a farmhouse he inherit in connecticut where it will be cheap to live . while in connecticut and he meet his polish neighbor and their daughter and manja . while tony wife be away and his cook have leave him in the dead of winter and manja help tony around the house and provide inspiration for his late book . an attraction grow strong and but manja hand in marriage be promise to a local farmer . can two people promise to others and from very different world be happy . how will the book end . film focus strongly on tony and manja and but could have round out the wife character a bit more overall an enjoyable film but the end a bit melodramatic a most be for the time .