原本在諾倫莊園生活的達西伍一家人，由於丈夫的去逝，所有的產業均被他的兒子約翰繼承，她們被迫得搬離這偌大的莊園，過著比以往困苦的生活。達西伍太太有三個女兒，她們和約翰是同父異母的關係，大女兒艾莉娜，堅強、內斂、不善於表達情感，二女兒則相反，不受禮教約束，是個聰明倔強的女孩，小女兒瑪格麗特則古靈精怪，行為舉止不同於同年齡的女孩。約翰和他的太太芬妮刻薄勢利，但芬妮的弟弟艾德華卻是個和藹可親溫柔又善體人意的青年，於是四人之間產生了奇妙的感情變化。

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

二次世界大戰期間，某日，一名從倫敦戰區避難而來的男孩法蘭克闖入了性格孤傲冷僻的作家愛莉絲的獨居生活，百般不願的愛莉絲對法蘭克極為冷漠、消極，在朝夕相處下，法蘭克的天真與單純卻逐漸瓦解愛莉絲封閉的心房，也喚醒她深埋心中的秘密—那年夏天，她與舊情人所共度的美好時光…。

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.