Del Norte Public Library

Emily Springer wishes her daughter could come home for Christmas and decides to trade homes with a college professor where her daughter is located. Upon arriving she discovers that her daughter has gone to Florida.

Matt King is the father of two girls who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident. This event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters and a decision by Matt to sell his family's land in Hawaii.

The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.