Dr. Donald Vaughan wants to move his family from the East Coast to California to escape an unhappy life and begin a new one. His family protests, but he is adamant. His wife, Reeney, tells him that she, their three children, and her mother are quite happy and that it is he alone who is unhappy. He'll not find happiness in California because his unhappiness will follow him, she argues. Nevertheless, he sets up several interviews at California hospitals...