Three remarkable women friends who have survived four decades together face a momentous year in their lives. Margo Sawyer feels her marriage dissolving, and a career that has sustained her less rewarding. Patricia Worthington struggles to find a definition for her life that isn't "cancer patient." Claire Chernikova grapples with sharing her art gallery with the new girls she has hired to take her place, when her place is still where she wants to be.

Redefining normal, transitioning from warrior to elder, the friends strike out, cling to and learn from each other in an altered world that change governs and where confusion reigns.

Into the maelstrom of this pivotal year, new friends and special, mysterious places swirl into the abyss waiting for those who cannot endure.