It couldn't have gotten worse: On an idyllic August evening, her husband reveals over a glass of wine that he is leaving her for another woman. Ulrike Stöhring, in her early fifties, is in shock. Belonging to a generation where everything seemed possible between marriage for security and feminist guerrilla, she now has absolutely no idea how to move forward. Until she realizes that it is high time to finally take care of herself. She goes for a tantra massage, takes a French lover, talks to happy women, and spends New Year's Eve in a Buddhist silent retreat. Following the classic year of mourning, which is also a year of anger, comes a year full of transformations and new perspectives. And in the end, she becomes what she was not before the separation: a happy woman.