Struggling with his ex-wife's imminent marriage to a nice guy and his Princeton-bound daughter's unplanned pregnancy, a bewildered Drew Silver tackles difficult family dynamics and refuses to undergo a life-saving operation.
Frank Bascombe, having lost his career and his family, is selling real estate in Haddam, New Jersey, and is settling for a life of mere existence until the events of one Fourth of July weekend shock him into real contact with life.
Pat Peoples returns to his parent's home after a lengthy stay at a health facility following the betrayal of his wife, Nikki, and shows how he regains his memory and recovers from his depression and loss.
Dana Smith's plan to make a new start in a new city seems to be going well when she meets handsome, hardworking Vincent Browne, but the two discover they must come clean about their pasts if they are going to have any hope of building a future together.
In rural Louisiana after Reconstruction, Therese Lafirme, a thirty-year-old widow, falls in love with David Hosmer, but rejects his marriage proposal because of her religious opposition to divorce.
