Plot Synopsis

Based on the novel. In 1917 Russia, Countess Zoya must flee with her grandmother after witnessing the shooting of her family by revolutionists. In Paris, she falls in love with an American army captain whom she marries and together they move to New York. After the death of her husband, she must work to support her young children. She opens a thriving store and marries a wealthy wholesaler. Although she becomes wildly successful, her long life is marred by numerous tragedies and bitter disappointments.