Bundled in a shadowy corner of America in the Roaring 1920's is the LaStrada family. Lucia, desperate for the love and tenderness missing from her marriage to a tyrannical, destitute Sicilian immigrant, succumbs to a daring attempt at happiness and commits an unforgivable act. Tony, oppressed since arriving in this new country, thrusts his wrath upon the most convenient target-his wife. He blames Lucia for birthing four daughters and refusing to bear...