 A wealthy cosemetic tycoon (Mary Tyler Moore) and her 12-year-old daughter (Katherine Healy) who s dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician (Dudley Moore). Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sightsees most of the city.