 Libby Meredith and her law professor husband, Roger, move from New York to a small house in the backwoods of Tennessee.Their neighbor, Will Cade, is very helpful and friendly to them, and to Libby especially.While her intellectual husband is busy writing a book, Libby comes to like the country life and finds herself attracted to Will's rural sensibilities, culminating in a brief middle-aged affair, as Will is married, too.