The mighty winds of the Civil War, in an instant, carry away the carefree youth of the Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara, as the familiar clamor of balls is replaced by the roar of cannon at the approaches to her homeland. For a young woman forced to fight for a new life on a ruined land, trials and privations become an opportunity to rethink her ideals, to gain faith in herself, and to find true love.