For a long time Halfried Seelig forced herself not to make use of her special gift for healing When she does help a sick man one day the news spreads quickly Meanwhile there is a crisis in the marriage of Halfrieds daughter Marion On her wedding day Marion leaves her husband fetches her daughter Laura from boarding school and moves with her to her parents in Tyrol There she wants to take over her fathers surgery after his retirement and finally work as a doctor again At first she is not accepted by the population Laura also does not find her way in the new environment Marion in turn resolutely rejects her mothers methods It also worries Marion that her daughter appears to have inherited Halfrieds abilities
