Follows Polly, a downtrodden, overlooked wife and daughter who is devoted to her family who treat her poorly! Her attempts to achieve perfection have not brought her the love and contentment she craves and to fill the hole in her life she is having an affair with a reclusive painter. A story of personal growth, as the affair teaches her that she deserves more from her family and that she is able to stand up for herself and demand something of others and much less of herself.

Although most of it is fairly bleak, the growth and change in Polly is ultimately radical and leaves you feeling light and comforted.