
In 1906, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

A soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.

Eager for a job, journalist Adam White accepts the lowly position of columnist for the advice-giving section of the Chronicle but he often clashes with his cynical editor, Shrike.

After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career.