- In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.
- 故事发生在1952年的英国,一次偶然中,作家杰克(安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰)结识了名为乔伊(德博拉·温格 Debra Winger 饰)的女子和她的儿子道格拉斯(约瑟夫·梅泽罗 Joseph Mazzello 饰),很快,三人便成为了好友。 为了能够留在英国,独身多年的乔伊决定和杰克结婚,然而这段婚姻却并没能给乔伊带来幸福,她最终还是选择了离开。经过医生的诊断,乔伊患上了不治之症,得到了这个消息,杰克才猛然醒悟,原来自己的心底一直深爱着这个坚强的女人,杰克找到了乔伊,两人重新走到了一起。在往后的岁月里,杰克一直不离不弃的陪伴在病重的乔伊身边,虽然死亡步步逼近,但两人都找到了一生的挚爱。