Two mothers, one a White stage personality and the other a Black housekeeper, find it increasingly difficult to raise their daughters and have a successful and fulfilling life.
The son of a deceased climber that died on a Swiss Alps mountain peak, wants to visit the place of his father's death. He follows a 19th-century British climber to the peak.
The story of Peter Marshall, a poor Scottish immigrant who came to America and rose from ditch-digger to minister, becoming one of the most revered men in the country.