Follow the Stars Home
Follow the Stars Home is a 2001 television film directed by Dick Lowry. The film is based upon Luanne Rices 2000 novel of the same name and was produced for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Hallmark Channel periodically airs this movie and it could be known as a Hallmark Channel Original Movie.
Six years later, Dianne is a single mom taking care of her handicapped child, a daughter whom she named Julia, with the help of her mother. One day, she meets young Amy Williams, who is growing up in a dysfunctional family. Her father died and her alcoholic mother Tess gets involved with an abusive man, Buddy. Amy, trying to escape from her home life during summer, starts helping Dianne care for Julia. Amy soon develops a friendship with Julia, which delights Dianne.One day, Buddy, frustrated by the noise he is making, throws Amys puppy from a bridge into the water. Amy, determined to save him, jumps after him and lands into the hospital. Child services are contacted and it is decided that Amy is not allowed to live with her mother anymore. Buddy is arrested and faced with the prospect of never seeing her daughter again, Tess, who still loves Amy very much, agrees to enter rehab. In the meantime, Amy is taken in by Dianne. ........
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