Fireworks in Quebec

The Bergeron family of New York City and the Bernier family of Quebec City, both of French-Canadian descent, are also equally adept at keeping secrets. Affairs, rapes, abortions, elopements -- all are woven into their fabric of life, and keep the members of these families from being completely honest with each other.

The best-laid schemes of a daughter in each family could not prevent their untimely pregnancies. Meanwhile, the American tutor living with the family in Quebec finds herself c...