خلاصه داستان : مشکلات مالی مارگارت، بیوه‌ای از بوستون را مجبور می‌کند تا با سه فرزندش به حومه شهر نقل مکان کند. آنها با کمک سرپرست خود شروع به بازسازی زندگی خود می کنند...

Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up