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A Polish-American woman inherits a mansion in a small village of Wilkowyje. She arrives in Poland with a plan to renovate it.

Everyone in Wilkowyje learns Lucy decided to move permanently. The mayor and his wife plot to change her mind.

Lucy wants to take up teaching in a local school. Headmaster's enthusiasm about an actual American working for her clashes with mayor's strict opposition.

Lucy sees many problems in the village, all of which come from alcohol. She focuses on the illegally brewed kind first.

A flu epidemic breaks out in Wilkowyje. Witebski, the Polish teacher, comes up with the idea of starting a local newspaper.

Mayor fills the second edition of the newspaper with anticlerical propaganda. Lucy unwittingly starts a dog shelter.