Wonderful story of immigrent parents and americanized children at the turn of the last century. The family struggles with finances and the father's realization that his regal standing in the old world is not the same in the new world. This etory evolves around the bond of family love between a loving and practical wife her husband and their three children a headstrong grounded older daughter, an indefitigable middle son, and the youngest daughter whose love is a binding force.