Jules Roth­man is a young man ambiva­lent about his Judaism but con­fi­dent about his career and mar­riage plans. Then his boss push­es him to leave Atlanta — the only home he’s known — for a gold­en oppor­tu­ni­ty. Though anx­ious to accel­er­ate his career, Jules wor­ries about the uncer­tain­ties that await him. Arriv­ing in Mia­mi, he strives to rebuild rou­tine and pre­dictabil­i­ty but is shak­en when he encoun­ters his great uncles: four eccen­tric bach­e­lors liv­ing togeth­er in a decay­ing house. Bit by bit, he learns how they start­ed as chil­dren of poor immi­grants in ear­ly 20th-cen­tu­ry Brook­lyn, then grew into hope­ful young adults thriv­ing in busi­ness, romance, fash­ion, and syn­a­gogue. In time, fam­i­ly dynam­ics led to fate­ful turns that brought them to their present dis­con­tent. Their col­lec­tive regrets fright­en Jules, under­min­ing his con­fi­dence in the choic­es he is mak­ing. Intrigu­ing peo­ple and star­tling adven­tures around Mia­mi inten­si­fy his doubts. When a break­ing point arrives, Jules finds clar­i­ty and a renewed Jew­ish iden­ti­ty in the com­pli­cat­ed broth­er­hood of his great uncles.