A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Based loosely on the books "Never Sleep Three in a Bed" and "The Night We Stole the Mounties’ Car" by Max Braithwaite
Financial hardships of the Great Depression hit Honey Bailey and her family, changing the life they had known.
May struggles to handle the boys, especially a defiant Hub, who resolves to get he and his brother back to their mother. In North Bridge, Honey looks for work.
Honey's brother disappears with her savings. Meanwhile, the boys search for clues to a bank robbery.
Honey is fired and cannot find another job. Meanwhile, Hub and Fat try to earn money.
Hub and Fat earn money taking care of a dog.
Uncle Bob gets Hub a job on weekends at a local farm and Fat manages to win a small part in a local Chautaugua show. Meanwhile, when Honey loses everything and is forced inot a charity mission, Aunt Grace intervenes and May Bailey finally agrees that her duaghter-in-law may return.
While adapting to life with her mother-in-law and coping with her new job, Honey becomes attracted to a charming, but self-centred, local policeman.
Honey and Grace help Max adapt one of his unsold radio plays for the local drama society, only to see it consume Aunt Toppy's life.
Complications and a disapproving May threaten Grace's secret plans to attend an out-of-town wedding with Judd.
Trouble ensues when Uncle Joe makes a surprise visit to New Bedford; Honey and the boys continue their battle to bring baby Violet home.
The boys concoct some hair-brained schemes to raise money for Honey's birthday present; May gets into hot water when fundraising proceeds go missing.
Hub has trouble with school and gets involved with a bad crowd.
With Honey away at a hairdressing course, Fat learns that Matilda and Hugh plan to leave the country with Violet.
Shirley Douglas
Tyrone Savage
Daniel Pilon
Cynthia Belliveau
Craig Eldridge
Charmion King
Carl Marotte
Dylan Provencher
Robin Craig
Toppy Bailey
Ron Lea
Ken James
Kathryn Greenwood
Grace Bailey
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