Feisty firecracker Hagar Shipley (Ellen Burnstyn) has lived an unconventional life. Her compulsive heart has always ruled her impetuous head and her choices have put up barriers between family and friends. As her life enters its winter years, Hagar sets out in search of a way to reconcile with her turbulent past. Through her reflections we come to know an impulsive and rebellious bride, her love for her two sons, the freedom she claimed and the joys she denied herself.