Louise Cooper has been battling cancer for over twenty years. Her growing resent
ment towards her suburban life and her husband, Nat, compounded by his affair, h
ave left her longing for the life she dreamed of having in her youth. Meanwhile
her family are facing other challenges.
Her son Danny, a lawyer in San Franci
sco, has discovered his lover is growing obsessed with online sex, and her daugh
ter, a lesbian protest-singer, announces herself pregnant after performing DIY a
rtificial insemination with everyday kitchen utensils. This is a rich exploratio
n of a family facing inexorable change.
