i blubber like a little girl during the end of this movie and i dare anyone else to hold it together without a sob . absolutely heart wrench stuff and yet uplift at it core . a great effort on the part of ann margaret who play a terminally ill mother of ten who and know her arthritic steel work husband would not be able to support the family when she be go and arrange the adoption of her child before she shuffle off . the role really deserve an oscar . you truly feel for this poor family a the die mother give her all to ensure that her kid do not end up in a poorly administer state orphanage system . if you haven not see it get it if you can .