Loviah French owns a boutique dress shop in Manhattan. She has two best friends: Dinah
- a columnist covering New York's wealthiest
- & Avis
- a prominent figure in the art world. Despite the deep affection they both feel for Loviah Dinah & Avis have been allergic to one another since an incident decades earlier that has been remembered & resented. But when a marriage means that Dinah & Avis must set aside their differences Loviah must manage her two friends' secrets as wisely as she can. Which is not wisely enough as things turn out
- a fact that will have a shattering effect on all their lives.