Modern weepie which traces the ups & downs of unlikely friends C.C. (Bette Midler), a brash singer, & Hillary (Barbara Hershey), a conservative rich girl. Meeting as children on a beach in Atlantic City, the two swear lifelong friendship, but don't meet up again until they are in their twenties. C.C. becomes a star, Hillary a lawyer, & they grow apart
- but when Hillary contracts a fatal virus, C.C. rushes to her side'