In ordinary Somerset County, a young farm girl named Fern rescues the runt of a litter of pigs from her father's ax. Fern names the pig Wilbur, takes care of him, and continues to visit him every day after he is moved to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman's barn across the road. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house" when Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her...

Ben Crane is a Kentucky horse trainer who watches in horror as a championship filly breaks a leg during a practice run. Ordinarily the horse would have to be put down, but today Ben's daughter, Cale, is at the track. Ben impulsively buys the horse, which causes him to lose his job. The rehabilitation process of the horse is almost too much for a farm that's already struggling to survive in a modern economy, but the horse turns out to be a much-needed...

Fifty-two-year-old Jack Ramsden has spent the last five years trying to rebuild his life after a very public and very scandalous divorce. His ex, Josephine Jackson, is an ill-tempered Texas-bred heiress who made Jack's life miserable for nearly twenty years. Nonetheless, he has no one but himself to blame for the drinking and bad behavior that nearly cost him his career. After the divorce, he fled Florida for horse country, returning home to Kentucky...