An attractive college freshman Jewish girl meets a very handsome, red-headed, blue-eyed Irishman in the lunch line at the student cafeteria. Does she let on that she is Jewish? It becomes love at first sight and, eventually they marry and have a daughter. Dad, now an established, affluent architect but also an Army reservist, is recalled to active duty. He is killed by a hidden bomb leaving his widow and daughter with the messed-up remains of his architectural practice. How they survive in different ways is a story of tenacity, love and loyalty.