Alzheimer's took small bites out of Betty Chandler's husband since the onset of the disease. When Peter dies Betty wails, 'My life is over!'

Will she abandon any vision of a future, and wait for death as the reality of her existence? Becoming a widow is a time of transition. Betty starts the journey of self-discovery. Does morality provide comfort?

Friends insist Betty take a cruise. She meets Alfonse D'Medici, and encounters a world filled with adventure, and romance. Will Betty explore the current mores of dating and sex? Has she the savvy to triumph over a man who parks diagonally in a parallel world and survive?