The world is divided into two types of women - those who put their husbands first, and those who put their children first. Luckily, most of us don't have to make that choice, but when Eleanor's husband decides to fulfil a long-cherished ambition to downshift, she is torn between her loyalty to him and her sympathy with their teenage daughter, Miriam, who has very decided views about not leaving her school and her friends. Does choosing motherhood really mean abandoning marriage ...?