Claudette wants to be a moral warrior seeking enlightenment but finds it hard to resist the convenience of being a kept woman. Lorna tries to salvage her pride by fabricating a romantic past. Marcie copes with her husband's rejection by fantasising about a man she hardly knows. The women in Kim Robinson-Walcott's lightly linked stories want more, deserve better and know what they should do, and yet...Sometimes we're our own worst enemies, and delusion can feel like the only safe path through uncertainty. Over the course of thirty years, these women reckon with the illusions, insecurities and unfulfilled desires that have shaped their lives, and all the while the question lingers: Can we transcend our own limitations?