Plot Summary:A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her. After uncovering disturbing new information about her husbands infidelity, she finally comes to realize her marriage is truly over. And it is only then that she discovers what is truly important in life.
艾美(翠施·范·德沃尔 Trish Van Devere 饰)的丈夫詹姆斯(Paul Jenkins 饰)是一位颇有名望的大学教授,令本以为终于找到一生挚爱可以安稳度日的艾美没有想到的是,某一天,在毫无预兆的情况下,詹姆斯竟然提出了离婚的要求。尽管艾美拥有着较高的学历,但婚后过于依赖丈夫的她发现自己一时之间竟然无法适应竞争激烈的社会生活,只得在游泳池打工勉强糊口。 一次偶然中,艾美遇见了名为约瑟(茂文·道格拉斯 Melvyn Douglas 饰),年迈的约瑟不久前失去了妻子,尽管之间横亘着巨大的年龄差异,但两个心碎的人儿依然慢慢走到了一起。除此之外,还有一位名叫霍华德(蒙特·马卡姆 Monte Markham 饰)男子出现在了艾美的身边,霍华德表面上对艾美处处关心体贴,但其实他想要得到的不过是艾美的肉体而已。