An elderly widow, Lydia Poulton looks set to end her days in the loveless embrace of her family, where roses receive more nurturing than people. A chance meeting at a ?Know Your City? class brings Lydia face to face with the realization that whatever others may think she is still very far from ready to ?settle down?. Whirlwind romance, the friendship of another woman nad the lure of the foreign infuse Lydia?s life with overwhelming passion.