If Bert Cousins had not shown up uninvited at Franny Keating's baptism, none of this would have happened. But even before the evening sets in, he and Franny's mother have kissed, marking the end of their respective marriages—and forever linking both families. Over the years, their children forge a lasting bond, born both from disappointment in their parents and from genuine, steadily growing affection. Until twenty years later, a new family drama unfolds...