All this was especially true of Harriet Lee – Harriet married young, in the careless rapture of her first true love. Married young and lived to regret it for, as our story opens, she has been a deserted wife for thirteen exhausting years, during which she has battled to raise her two children and risen to an executive position in the advertising industry.

Now – with her battle virtually won, Harriet finds she has a new challenge on her hands – a fight to hold the affection of those she loves. A bitter struggle in which her role as a career woman and her duty as a mother make her especially vulnerable.