Peter Abrams is the father offour daughters and an illegitimate son. He swears he'll never be like hisfather, a Jewish workaholic who was always too busy for his boys. Mr. Abramsdisowns Peter when he falls in love and marries a Catholic woman. Peter promiseshimself he will spend time with his family and give them the love he never had,but once he tastes success, he becomes everything he loathed in his father.Peter stops at nothing to build an empire for a family he's destined to lose.