Love Finds a Home

Love Finds a Home is a Christian drama film, the eighth and final installment based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It aired on Hallmark Channel on September 5, 2009.^[1][2] The film is based on the book Love Finds a Home by Janette Oke^[2]. Sarah Jones, Haylie Duff and Jordan Bridges reprise their roles from Love Takes Wing.^[1]

The film is the eighth in the "Love Comes Softly" series of television movies on Hallmark Channel that includes Love Comes Softly (2003), Love's Enduring Promise (2004), Love's Long Journey (2005), Love's Abiding Joy (2006), Love's Unending Legacy (2007), Love's Unfolding Dream (2007), and Love Takes Wing (2009), as well as two 2011 prequels; Love Begins and Love's Everlasting Courage, which are not based on any novels.

Plot

A pregnant Dr. Annie Watson (Haylie Duff) is going to stay with her best friend, Dr. Belinda Owens (Sarah Jones) while husband, Peter, is off on a surveying job.^[2] Annie's mother-in-law, Mary (Patty Duke), a seen-it-all midwife whose homeopathic remedies and folksy wisdom are at odds with Belinda’s scientific knowledge, comes along. As Belinda deals with the headaches Mary is causing, she must also address issues at home. While her adopted daughter Lillian (Courtney Halverson) discovers the joys and pains of a first love, Belinda and her husband, Lee (Jordan Bridges), find their own relationship is suffering over Belinda’s inability to get pregnant. Just as the town learned to put its faith in Belinda as their doctor, so too must Belinda learn to accept that the best guidance for her own problems may come from unlikely sources. As the movie ends we find Annie had a little girl, despite everyone's intentions that it was a boy, and names her Melinda (Lindy). Mary is about to hop into the buggy to leave when Belinda whispers something in her ear. Her husband asked what she said, to which she replies " Oh, just telling her I'll need a mid-wife soon," a remark that she is pregnant.^[1]

Cast

• Sarah Jones as Dr. Belinda Owens
• Patty Duke as Mary Watson
• Jordan Bridges as Lee Owens
• Haylie Duff as Dr. Annie Watson
• Courtney Halverson as Lillian Owens
• Michael Trevino as Joshua
• Jeffrey Muller as Peter Watson

Differences From The Novel

• Lee and Lillian are not from the novel, as are many other characters and situations. Belinda is still unmarried in this novel, and marries Drew Simpson at the close of the novel.
• Missy and Marty the original female leads from the earlier novel series are also present in the novel whereas they are absent in this adaptation.

Anachronisms and other Goofs

• The coins Mrs. McQueen gave to Lillian at Belinda's office have an image of the Lincoln Memorial on them. The Lincoln Memorial did not appear on coins until 1959.
• In the scene when Belinda hands over the new baby to Peter, as he turns around, you can tell that the baby is a doll.
• When Lloyd McQueen thanks Belinda for helping his wife, he calls her Dr. "Evans," rather than Owens.

References

External links

• Love Finds a Home at the Internet Movie Database
• Love Finds a Home at Hallmark Channel
• Love Finds a Home at Hallmark Channel's Press Site