Wherever Snow Falls

Convinced by her mother that she is a
child of Satan, Laura Scarapelli, a beautiful, intelligent
Italian begins to write at an early age to escape poverty,
horrendous abuse, fear of God and most of her world. When
Laura refuses to attend her high school graduation, despite
the fact that she is class valedictorian, a teacher, Sue
Finley, steps up to help. Sue, a widow with no children,
immediately finds her maternal wings and helps Laura into
college and begin to win in her struggle to know God.
Because she feels loved, Laura also begins to feel she
belongs to the world around her.
Laura's world
becomes big with pretty clothes, piano lessons, car trips,
people and kindness. A Whitfield favorite son, Hugh Brehm,
falls in love with Laura but she is too busy learning to
live and still struggling with trust issues. Hugh studies
law and Laura goes to Yale where Sue hopes Laura will have
exposure for her writing. Sue dies about the same time an
interested professor sends Laura's book to a New York
publisher. Laura realizes she does love Hugh but when she
turns to him for comfort, she learns he is engaged to
someone else. Fear returns and she once again hears her
mother's words...God cannot love you.
Walk with
Laura in her mission barrel "wooly worm" black coat. Hear
her utter her first prayer, share intimacy with a
purple-winged wasp, thrill with Laura as she feels love for
the first time -- love for a stray dog she names Pilot. See
the world through Laura's eyes as she is named May Day
Queen, as she searches for an elusive movie idol,
experiences her first kiss, faces a life threatening
experience with a long-lost brother and embraces the reality
of her own loveliness in a vintage gown as she speaks at the
Academy awards.