Three women, Ellie, Alice, and Joan know each other because their children all went to the same school. Now with their children grown and away from home, these three women feel lost. When a terrible tragedy takes place at their kids' former school, all three women show up to a vigil and decide to get together to have lunch after so many years of drifting apart. Joan is trying to keep up with her husband's family's lifestyle, going shopping and keeping her home spotless. She is so bored with her life she decides to go the casino to pass time and ends up with an addiction. Ellie has her own bookkeeping business that is growing, and a new customer challenges her worldview. And Alice, feeling neglected by her husband, decides to take up running again to get back in shape. After this first reconnection, they decide to get together for lunch every other Wednesday.

One day Alice is out running and attacked. The man gets away, but now Alice feels unsafe and decides to get a gun for protection. During their regularly scheduled lunch, the three women find themselves at odds about Alice's purchase: Ellie supports her friend, but Joan is against it from the start.

This conversation makes the three women rethink their lives. Joan knows she has to quit going to the casino, Ellie has to make a huge decision on her lifestyle. Alice really has to rethink the gun purchase, especially after finding her attacker following her on the beach. What decisions will these women choose?

Susan Kietzman's