Her participation in an Amherst baking contest gives Emily a taste of fame and celebrity, but she questions the benefits.

To distract himself from the pain of life, Austin throws a tea party for his old college friends—but the day is disrupted by a major political event.

Frazar Stearns leaves to meet his fate on the battlefield just as the Dickinson family welcomes a new life.

After a clash with Sue, Emily wishes she could escape from this troubled time altogether. Austin struggles with a man's responsibility in wartime.

On the day of a soldier's memorial, Emily's efforts to keep her family's hope alive reach a breaking point and she descends into a personal inferno.