For two decades Doc and Lola Delaney avoided coming to terms with what
Doc considered a "shot gun" marriage. Lola lost the baby and gives a lot of
her affection to Sheba, a dog that disappeared a few months before the film
opens. Doc blames Lola for having to drop out of medical school and not
becoming a "real" doctor. Until joining AA a year ago, his escape was
alcohol. Then college student Marie rents a room in their home. Doc feels
passion for the first time in 20 years. But Marie has two suitors her age.
Lola -
- unaware of Doc's emotions --becomes as interested in Marie's future as if
Marie were her daughter.