Addie becomes jealous when her widowed father starts to woo a beautician.
Acting
Lisa Lucas delivers devastating kid realism; Robards embodies gentle dad guilt.
Writing
Norma Klein's script treats a child's grief with zero condescension.
Director
Joseph Hardy
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Part of the CBS 'Hallmark Hall of Fame' series, this was prestige TV before streaming existed—literary adaptations for families who owned zero VCRs.
Based on Gail Rock's novel; the Addie Mills stories were rare 1970s media that took rural Nebraska childhood seriously instead of mocking it.
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