All her life, Amy Evans has struggled against that unkind gift of fate - ugliness A squat nose stubbed like a plasticine afterthought on her face, a chin too long and eyes straining to meet each other, form a sad picture that dooms Amy to a life of solitude and lovelessness Now in her fifties, Amy lives alone with her crippled brother, both prisoners of the hopes and aspirations of their youth Then Amy makes a final bid for happiness, a last ditch attempt to meet someone she can love, who might love her