 Carol is an artist, Steven trains firefighters. They ve lived together for months and plan to marry soon, except that Steve s left out an important detail about himself and his chromosomes: his parents, twin brother, and many of his relatives are dwarfs. Carol learns this when Steve s brother Rolfe drops by, the day after she discovers she s pregnant. Why hasn t he told her about his family? She calls on them, and they take her to their hearts. But tensions mount between the lovers as she believes he s ambivalent and angry about his family, and he thinks she s romanticizing the life and many health problems of little people. Can they get over these emotional barriers?