Softly & Tenderly

 Jade lives in Tennesse in a small town dominated by her in-laws, under presseure from her lawyerhusband to get pregnant. But she keeps having miscarriges. Then she finds out her in-laws' marrige is a wreck under the surface. Her husband is addicted to perscription pain-killers. Jade mother, who has come to stay with her, is dying of Leukemia. It sounds like she's living a Southern soap opra. But at least her husband is faithful.

Or is he? Turns out he has a son who is younger than their marrige. Not only that, but the child's mother is dead. Her husband wants custody of his son, age 18 months. Full of conflicting emotions, Jade takes off to Iowa with her mother and mother-in-law. Her mother just wants to die in the old homstead Iowa. Now there's nothing preventing Jade from taking her there. But in Iowa a temptation for her- her first love, who still pines her. They hang out and play midnight football. Jade knows she is not suspposed to be with her first husband but she breaks the rules anyway. Later on, she goes home and tells her husband the truth. He is uset with her but still forgives her. He decides that Jade should help parent his son. Jade says she would not keep any secrets from her husband and he sys the same thing. So Jade and her husband parent the child and they live a better healthier relationship.
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