Bruce Jentsen is searching intently for a place to call his own. A quiet retreat somewhere in the countryside that he can escape to every now and then. His wife Betty is well-meaning but ambivalent about his plans to purchase such a place. When Bruce finds the property of his dreams in the town of Triumph, a new chapter begins in a tale about a small town, its people and how they treat one another. Always the outsider, Bruce learns to understand and cope with the help of his neighbor Elly, and eventually wins the town over after they find a small fortune on his property.