Plain, Belva

The saga of the Werner family is carried into the 1920s and '30s. Paul Werner, scion of a banking family, is married to one woman and in love with another.

In turn-of-the-century New York, Henrietta De Rivera falls in love with a radical young man who scorns so many things Hennie has been taught to covet.

Three members of the Osborne family come to the brink of despair when they must choose to stand alone and watch their dreams die or work together to salvage what they alone can treasure.

Continues the Werner family saga. Iris, the daughter of Anna and Paul, sees her fragile marriage falter and Paul, consumed by a lifelong secret, still longs for the family he has lost.