It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating\'s christening party uninvited and notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman.
When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, and tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story..
In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago.
When he kisses Beverly Keating, his host\'s wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families, whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later.
It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating\'s christening party uninvited and notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman