In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
