En una tranquila granja de la campiña holandesa, la nonagenaria Antonia repasa su vida. Tranquilamente acostada en su cama, hace memoria hasta el día, poco después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en que volvió al pueblo en el que nació. A partir de ahí, recuerda su vida durante los cincuenta años siguientes, así como la de sus hijos y nietos. Un día tras otro, el comportamiento independiente, inconsciente y algo excéntrico de Antonia y su familia, y en especial su lucha por el feminismo, se mezcla con la vida cotidiana del pueblo en que viven. La vieja granja se convierte en el hogar de personajes muy variados en los que el resentimiento inicial se convierte en tolerancia y, posteriormente, en amor.
A young woman who works in a bookstore has been terrified by nightmares about having committed suicide in a past lifetime, combined with a sense of déjà vu regarding a specific apartment building. When she meets a young man who works in an optical company, whether she knows it or not, she is that much closer to the truth about her visions.
A bored company owner decides to find out what it is like to be one of his workers. During his "transformation" he falls in love with a cafeteria worker. When his alter ego "The Boss" makes an inappropriate comment to his would-be girlfriend, the worker challenges his "Boss" to a Duel.
Lieve Jongens explores the sexual fantasies of a middle-aged writer and the handsome young men who dominate his life. Wolf, a successful writer of romantic novels, is plagued by self doubt and writer's block. Though pleasant looking and well-preserved, he fears age will rob him of the youthful companionship he so desperately craves. With the help of his equally randy and manipulative young sex partner, Wolf plots to seduce the gentle Muskrat from the arms of a much older lover.
In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence soon disturbs the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the beautiful daughter of the parson.