In 1920's Brooklyn Margie graduates from highschool and is filled with youthful optimism. Determined to rise above the drudgery and poverty of her upbringing Margie finds a job at a small business nearby and attempts to escape her overbearing mother and her overworked disillusioned father. Before long she meets Frankie Malone a poor Brooklynite like herself and the two fall headlong into courtship and marriage. Despite differences between her and Frankie and some difficulties in her relationship with her parents Margie still hopes that "tomorrow will be better."
