No Sad Songs for Me plot
"A Story of the Lonesome Cry in Many Women's Hearts..."
Mary Scott is told she has only ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. Mary manages not to break this news to her husband Bradford 'Brad' Scott and her daughter Polly. She tries to enjoy every moment of her life, but her attitude to life is undermined by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does love her and not Chris and that Chris is leaving town, Mary realizes what she must do to ensure Brad and Polly's future happiness. Mary asks Chris to stay.