The son

Confined by her upper-class role in 1940s society, Vivian Carpentier seeks meaning primarily through erotic love, struggling with the elusiveness of men and the failures of her marriage and motherhood. She takes various jobs to fill the gaps between lovers, hoping to atone for a self-centered life. The one constant is her son, David, who offers her consolation and a reason for living. This is the haunting story of a woman yearning for something more that feels perpetually out of reach.