Sara Goode, a successful American woman living in London with her daughter Tess and working as the British rep of a major Hong Kong bank, is about to celebrate her 54th birthday. The evening shapes up to be quite interesting with the arrival of her sisters, Gorgeous (a radio talk show advice host hoping to make the jump to TV) and Pheni (a peripatetic third world travel writer). As if this is not stressful enough, a variety of men also show up: Mervyn, a furrier and a friend of Pheni's sometime bi-sexual lover, Geoffrey, who also arrives. Added to the mix are Tom and Nicholas, Tess' boyfriend looking to take her to Lithuania for "political protest" and Sara's somewhat anti-Semitic friend, respectively. All of this adds up to a comedy of unexpected romance, suspected partings, recriminations, reconciliations and, above all, newfound love and acceptance.