What do we really know about cohabitation? Philip, a successful writer, has moved back to New York from his chosen home in Paris. He has lost everything he held dear: his wife and daughter. But after mourning came resignation, along with a new kind of lightness. Philip lives in his memories, a happy widower, for whom ambitions have become as foreign as fears. Then he encounters Lucy, a childhood friend - Lucy, the beautiful heiress, the lively and frivolous young woman with whom he once celebrated glamorous parties. Now she is a sharp-tongued old lady, full of bitterness about her marriage to Thomas Snow, a social climber whom she claims has ruined her life. And Philip, who initially listens to her reluctantly, becomes captivated by the story that raises more and more questions. He begins to...