The CrazyQuilt (1966)

A man with no illusions marries a young woman who is brimming with idealism She attempts to remake her husband with her overflowing optimism but the marriage is severely strained when her first pregnancy ends in miscarriage They separate and the woman has a number of affairs but eventually she returns to her husband They have a daughter then settle down to a life that is a blend of the husbands worldliness and the wifes idealism