Perpetual Kin

Sherman & Abe Zeller, first generation Americans, make a vow at their dying mother's bedside to always stick together. Their little sister Gwendolyn orchestrates Abe's marriage to her best friend Sadie & is horrified when they honeymoon without her. Worse, Sherman elopes with a total stranger. Gwendolyn, devastated, quickly marries Abe's best friend. The three couples are incestuously close, become wealthy with an inordinate respect for money as safety. Their internecine battles rage as Hitler rises & falls. Their children grow up and seek independence, bewildering them. This is a story about a family caught between Old and New World traditions & hopes.