Dorothy Nielson knew only one thing about her father: her beautiful mother loved him until the end of her life. Only after the death of her mother does a girl who grew up in poverty and loneliness learn who her father is. Dorothy hates him with all her heart. The strength of this feeling forces her to overcome her natural timidity and set out in search of the man who abandoned her pregnant mother. Well, he who seeks finds. But Dorothy finds not only what she was looking for...