剧情：SpinsterseptuagenarianEllaBishop,onthebrinkofretirementfromher52-yearcareerasfreshman-Englishteacheratsmall-townMidwesternUniversity,heralmamater,wantstolooktowardthefuture,butcan'thelpreflectuponherpast,whatbroughthertothispoint.Althoughshealwayswantedtobeateacherandwasbothsurprisedandecstaticwhenhermentor,Midwestern's... (展开全部) SpinsterseptuagenarianEllaBishop,onthebrinkofretirementfromher52-yearcareerasfreshman-Englishteacheratsmall-townMidwesternUniversity,heralmamater,wantstolooktowardthefuture,butcan'thelpreflectuponherpast,whatbroughthertothispoint.Althoughshealwayswantedtobeateacherandwasbothsurprisedandecstaticwhenhermentor,Midwestern's... SpinsterseptuagenarianEllaBishop,onthebrinkofretirementfromher52-yearcareerasfreshman-Englishteacheratsmall-townMidwesternUniversity,heralmamater,wantstolooktowardthefuture,butcan'thelpreflectuponherpast,whatbroughthertothispoint.Althoughshealwayswantedtobeateacherandwasbothsurprisedandecstaticwhenhermentor,Midwestern'sthen-PresidentJamesCorcoran,offeredhertheEnglishteacheropeningupongraduation,sheonlysawitasoneshortphaseofherlifeuntilshegotmarriedandhadafamily,unlikeheryoungercousinAmySaunders,whosolelyneededromanceandlovetofeelfulfilled.Shethinksaboutthetwomenwithwhomshewasmutuallyinloveandwouldhavemarriedifshecouldhave,ifnotforonecircumstanceoranother,andtheonemanwhoseloveforherwas--andis--unrequited,atleastintheromanticsense,butwhowasandhasalwaysbeenthereforher.Althoughsheneverbirthedherownchild,shethinksaboutthemanytowhomsheactedasmotherorgrandmother,practicallyoremotionally:hermanystudents,someofwhomhavegoneontogreatthings;hernieceHopewhomshepracticallyraised;andhergreat-nieceGretchen.ShealsothinksabouthavingstayedatMidwesterninherhometown,inhercareerwhichwasnotalwayssmoothsailing,especiallywiththechangingtimes.