Whilst on an anniversary cruise organized by their children Ruby and Ryan Linda's husband Micky gets drunk and falls overboard. His memorial service is attended by Linda's long-standing friends Sue and Gail but they have their own problems. Sue, editor of bridal magazine Adored, is ousted by John, her business partner and ex-lover, to make way for a younger woman. Gail, newly divorced, has to contend with a dementing mother Edna and ex-jailbird son Tom, who is on a tag and a curfew. Sue's lawyer son Andrew decides to take legal action against John whilst Linda discovers Ruby's affair with Tom. Then she gets a knock on the door from a strange woman.