This compelling, intelligent drama has also been produced on the big screen, as well as for television. The play depicts a poor, but proud family who has recently lost their father. The family is expecting a life insurance check that will forever change their lives. The mother is struggling to hold her family together, the son is desperately searching for respect as a man, his wife is searching for her identity while raising their son, and their sister, the student who is determined to become a doctor. This groundbreaking classic play is a celebration of the human spirit.