RosemaryMurphyandAbieCohenarethetwoloversdefinedinthetitle.TheirrespectivefathersandmothersarenonetookeenonAbieandRosemary'soil-and-waterromance,andgetevenlesskeenerwhenthetwoaremarriedbyaProtestantminister,amarriagethatisquicklydoneagainbyaJewishrabbiandthenagainbyaCatholicpriest.ThecontrastbetweenYiddishandCelticdialectsandreligiouspracticesisalsomaintained.Providencelendsahelpinghandattheendtoeffectthereconciliationofthefatherstotheirrespectivechildrenandthechoicetheyhavemade.