The Baker Jordache's children-Rudolph, Tom, and Gretchen - grow up in a small town on the Hudson River. They are teenagers of the 1940s: too young to go to war, but already marked by it. Their fates are completely different: Rudy's parents ' favorite is building a career in business and Politics, Tom the bully is striving to become a boxer, and the haughty beauty Gretchen is looking for happiness for a long time and desperately. After the death of their father, their paths diverge further and further, and each of them faces their own difficulties and obstacles. Will they be able to achieve their desired goal without losing themselves? After all, looking for the perfect life, you can never live the real one…