Marjorie is desperate to marry her college sweetheart, but her mother does not approve of her fiancé or his Polish immigrant parents. Her mother issues demands to prevent the engagement and then the wedding. Having been haunted throughout her life by her mother's controlling behavior, Marjorie knows this marriage is her ticket to freedom and her sanity.

Family discord ensues and though Marjorie eventually prevails, married life brings new challenges as she must continue fending off her mother's increasing interference. Marjorie's fight for self-reliance peaks when-just after learning she is pregnant-her husband faces a life-changing challenge.

Further misfortune soon forces Marjorie to return to her mother's suffocating domination. Now she's not just fighting for control of her own future, but also for that of her unborn child. When a dark secret of her mother's is revealed, will Marjorie finally gain the understanding and strength to take command of her life?