Growing up in 1950s Detroit, the Kaufman sisters\' roles in the family are clearly defined.
Is it too late for them to stake a claim on the lives they really want?.
Neither woman inhabits the world she dreams of.
Bethie becomes an adventure-loving wild child, while Jo becomes a proper young mother in Connecticut, putting the truth of what - and who - she really desires to one side.
Soon nothing about their future seems to be what they\'d hoped for or expected.
Jo is the tomboy, the bookish rebel with a passion to make the world more fair
Bethie is the pretty, feminine good girl, a would-be star who enjoys the power her beauty confers and dreams of a traditional life.
But as the sixties begin, the world around them is changing fast.
Growing up in 1950s Detroit, the Kaufman sisters\' roles in the family are clearly defined
