Overview

At 21, Jordache Alexander meets Mell Quinn. Now at 29, Jordache is beautiful and successful but bitter and mourning the death of her lover Mell. She agrees to go to Devon for a poetry and painting course.

On the course is Frances Ledger 47, a talented artist and devout Roman Catholic who has had her dreams shattered. From an abrasive first meeting, a tentative friendship develops between the two women, but Frances has problems she cannot share.