It all starts in February 2000, the last year before the new millennium, in Claire's hometown of Sydney. After 27 years of marriage and a month before her 50th birthday, Claire leaves her husband, Michael. But what next? How will Claire forge her own life in the strange world of the recently single older person? Will she meet someone who steals away her heart or become one of those left behind because of age? Where will she live once she has left the 'marital home' behind? What of her husband? Will he meet someone, and how will Claire deal with that? If the new life does not work for her, should Caire go back to him? Then there are her grown-up children; what will be their reactions? How will they handle their parent's failed marriage? Can positive emerge from Claire from the great unknown? That is the ultimate question that is explored as this novel follows her through the rocky period after her separation.