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An anthology of five loosely connected stories dealing with a variety of very
different women in dealing with their own life problems. The first story "This
is Dr. Keener" features Glenn Close as a doctor looking after her invalid
mother who comes to realize that her own life is passing her by. The
second
story "Fantasies About Rebecca" features Holly Hunter as a wealthy bank
manager who doesn`t realize that her own life is a sham in dealing with an
unplanned pregnancy, a workaholic boyfriend, and an observant street
woman who knows more about Rebecca than she herself does. The
third, "Someone For Rose" features Kathy Baker as a single mother who
debates with herself over starting a romance with a dwarf who moves into
the
house across her street. The fourth, "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine"
features Calista Flockhart as Christine, a tarot reader who struggles with
increasing grief and depression while taking care of her lesbian lover Lilly
who`s dying from cancer. The fifth, "Love Waits for Kathy" features Amy
Brenneman as a police detective who examines her loneliness after her
blind
sister Carol begins dating while Kathy is on a case of investigating the
suicide of an old school friend who was just as lonely as she.