故事发生在19世纪末一座位于牛津郡的小小村庄里。劳拉（奥莉薇娅·哈琳安 Olivia Hallinan 饰）的母亲即将临盆，为了给新生儿挪地方，家人们决定将劳拉送到隔壁镇的邮局工作，由居住在那里的表姐道卡斯（茱莉亚·萨瓦哈 Julia Sawalha 饰）照顾。初来乍到的劳拉因为土气的装扮和内向

　　When Dorcas and Emma each want to give Laura the same gift for Christmas, an old family wound is opened up and Laura finds herself torn between two

　　A journalist, Daniel Parish, arrives in Lark Rise with news that Emma Timmins is set to inherit a large amount of money, enough to change the family