Following a separation from her husband and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, her newly discovered daughter finds increasing solace with the father of one of her students, but the path of life, let alone love, is rarely a smooth one. Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name, Helen Hunt creates from her feature directing debut a thoughtful, witty and touching, mid-life crisis drama.