The decades-long friendship between two women, Pauline and Suzanne, provides the drama in this feminist tale of the making of women in the sixties and seventies. The romantic vision of women's lives is explored in nostalgic remembrances, internal monologues, and unwritten letters between Pauline and Suzanne. Meeting as teenagers when Pauline aids Suzanne in acquiring an abortion, their friendship remains constant as each woman changes dramatically. Love and death, family and solitude all are explored as elements that contribute to the making of a woman's life.