Novel
Jo Beckett leads a comfortable life with a successful veterinary practice, a devoted husband, and a beautiful home in a lovely small town outside of Boston. Still, she is strangely dissatisfied with her life. One afternoon, a man brings his dog into her veterinary practice to be treated, and Jo recognizes him as Eli, a former housemate from her bohemian days more than 20 years ago. When he invites her to lunch at a fancy hotel in Boston, she goes with the intention of sleeping with him. Instead, Eli reveals a secret to Jo that returns her to the darkest moments of her past and threatens to destroy life as she knows it.
Novel
Anna Dunlap (Diane Keaton) foi criada de modo conservador, tendo sido casada por 7 anos com o arrogante Brian (James Naughton), com quem teve Molly (Asia Vieira). Sexualmente reprimida, Anna se divorcia e sai em busca de uma grande paixão. Vai morar em Cambridge, Massachusetts, onde conhece Leo Cutter (Liam Neeson), um escultor irlandês liberal. Anna muda seus hábitos, vivendo mais plenamente e descobre o prazer sexual verdadeiro. Até que um dia Brian leva Molly para a sua casa e diz a ela que vai brigar na Justiça pela guarda da menina, usando como justificativa que Cutter havia abusado dela. Anna então fica dividida entre o amor da filha, do namorado e suas convicções.
Story
Alexandra McKay is a woman who's been blind for twenty years and is afraid that people will just try to get close to her because of her condition, so she ultimately stays to herself and her trusty guide dog, Emma. When Richard Chapman enters her life, a romance develops and McKay begins to let the outside world in to her private world. The prospect of an operation arises that will restore McKay's eyesight, but the fear of what it will do to her relationship with Chapman and the concern over the fate of her guide dog weigh heavily upon her decision to do the procedure.
