Melody (Janel Parrish), a young, eager, recent library school graduate moves to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and starts haunting the Bridgewater Branch of the public library hoping to get a job. She keeps hopping around with ideas for the endlessly patient children's librarian (Anne Sward) even though it has been explained to her, repeatedly, that there is no funding for any new hires. Meanwhile, she befriends her neighbor Nina (Marisol Nichols) and Nina's daughters (Holly and Ivy). Of course, in true Hallmark Christmas movie fashion, there is also a dreamy new beau, Adam (Jeremy Jordan). As the movie takes place during the Christmas season all of the following take place over a few weeks: we learn that Nina is dying and has no family who will be able to care for her daughters when she is gone; Melody is a foster child who had only herself to rely on; Melody bought a fixer-upper house that needs serious renovation; Adam is both a building contractor (what his parents want) and a furniture builder (his true passion). There are a lot of deadlines that stretch credulity, and of course everything comes together just in time for the holidays.
My father-in-law recommended this movie for its librarian-theme, its Wisconsin setting, as well as its Bridgewater connection.
I'd say "spoiler alert" but the Hallmark branding is enough to know exactly how this is going to play out.
ReplyDeleteNeither my soft-hearted self nor my more seasoned spouse could resist all of the tear-jerking, even when we knew full-well what was coming.
And yes, this was a trifecta of Hayes-Boh buttons: Wisconsin, libraries, and Bridgewater.