At the tender age of sixty, Alex Cunningham has fallen in love for the very first time. And that's the good news. The bad news is that he's hardly aware of her existence. She tries everything she can to get him to notice her, but nothing seems to work. Just to get some dialogue going would be a start, and she can hardly believe her luck when Fate steps in and hands her the sweet gift of opportunity, but it turns out to be a mixed blessing. Heartbroken when he evokes memories she's spent years trying to forget, she runs to the bolthole where she always goes to escape from her past. After some serious soul-searching, Alex makes a life-changing decision, but the consequences threaten to turn her whole world completely upside down...