Description
An assignment for her sociology class leads Rachel to find out more about her family history, spanning nearly a century, from 1920s Chicago to present day Los Angeles. When the stock market crashes, a man feels tormented after losing almost everything and leaving his family in poverty. And the only way to numb the awareness of his failures is by turning to alcohol. Another seemingly happy young, successful father and husband struggles with his feelings for an African-American man who works for his wife's father, during a time when homosexuality is seen as a mental illness and racism is flagrant. An addict tries to keep herself clean after she has a family but, as cocaine becomes the popular drug of choice, and a close friend dies, she falls hard back into her old habits. And Rachel's own mother questions whether or not to keep her child after getting pregnant while attending university. That only opens up a whole argument about abortion she doesn't want to hear. Every family's got their struggles, right?