In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.


The portrait of a woman who, at the edge of survival, found a world of meaning.
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Mary Steenburgen
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Rip Torn
Marsh Turner

Peter Coyote
Norton Baskin

Dana Hill
Ellie Turner

Alfre Woodard
Geechee

Joanna Miles
Mrs. Turner

Ike Eisenmann
Paul

Toni Hudson
Tim's Wife

Cary Guffey
Floyd Turner