Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she cant stand living so far away from her mother. Shes also afraid that her husband doesnt find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so theyll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia must learn to grow up when she discovers that shes about to become a mother, and that her own mother is gravely ill.