

Livvy cannot do this, as he is a decent man.Īs most young men are at war, Ray's farm is lacking in farm hands.

She asks Livvy to leave Ray to come stay with her, suggesting they make up stories of him drinking and being violent to justify it. Now, without her husband who has been called up to serve, her sister is lonely. Brown, who has yet to answer Livvy's letters. A visit by her sister brings sharp contrast between the life Livvy came from and the life she is living now, but it is also apparent how much Livvy has changed her view of her surroundings. She secretly writes to Lieutenant Edward Brown, the baby's father.

Though agreeing to marry for her father, Livvy never intended to remain. Livvy and Ray strive hard to be polite and courteous to each other, but are nevertheless awkward in each other's company. His daily activity is focused on working his family's farm. Family life and faith in God have been the central features of Ray's life. A hard worker, he is kind, honest and patient. Livvy has felt bereft and lonely since her mom's death. She knows nothing of cooking or farming and is not particularly religious. Livvy has a good education and until recently had been studying archeology in graduate school. His sister Martha, her husband and their three children are the only family he has left. Though young, handsome and a family man at heart, Ray has little opportunity to find a wife in this remote region. Unbeknownst to Livvy, he has lost both of his parents, and also his younger brother, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Hearing of Livvy's dilemma from his pastor, Ray is moved and agrees to marry without even having met her. Livvy is sent to a rural southeastern Colorado town to marry Ray Singleton, who operates his family farm. Embarrassed by his daughter's out of wedlock pregnancy, her father quietly arranges for her to marry. Set during WWII, Olivia Dunne ‘Livvy’ is a young Denver woman who has become pregnant by a naval flight instructor on furlough. The film first aired on CBS on January 30, 2005, and received an encore broadcast on the same network exactly five years later. It was directed by Brent Shields, produced by Andrew Gottlieb and stars Keri Russell, Skeet Ulrich, and Mare Winningham. The Magic of Ordinary Days is a Hallmark Hall of Fame production based on a novel of the same name by Ann Howard Creel and adapted as a teleplay by Camille Thomasson. The Magic of Ordinary Days by Ann Howard Creel American TV series or program The Magic of Ordinary Days
