Forced back into the working world after her lawyer husband's downfall, Helen discovers a talent for public relations and is tempted away from her dysfunctional family by her childhood crush, who needs her professional assistance.
Four women find their faith and relationships tested and help one another through their grief and anger during their weekly prayer meetings, but when a devastating tragedy strikes, they are forced to reexamine their friendship.
Two women, Ria from Tara Road in Dublin, and Marilyn, a New Englander, learn to cope with the crises in their lives and find the strength to go on when they trade homes for the summer.
Two newly-single sisters, one a divorce?e, the other a widow, become roommates with a handsome, gay cupcake-baker as they try to return to the dating world of lower Manhattan.