Miae a middle aged woman is facing a midlife crisis not unlike those shared by countless others A mother of three the wife of a relatively prosperous bank executive and a woman who enjoys a comfortably middleclass existence Miae grows increasingly frustrated by her two sons demeaning behavior towards her her boorish husbands unforgivable cheapness and her own sadness at never having felt for herself the joys of true love something she becomes acutely aware of when observing her estranged daughters loving relationship with another woman After abruptly leaving a disastrous anniversary evening arranged by her thoughtless husband Miae meets the shy and kind Soonim her youngest sons schoolmate Choosing to spend a long evening with Soonim rather than return home to the male members of her family Miae finds herself irresistibly drawn to this gentle young woman as a flood of emotions sweeps Miae away on an unexpected journey of selfdiscovery
