In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman....
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot....
Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he...