When a best-selling author has a midlife crisis, he returns to his coastal hometown and embarks on a wild adventure in a desperate attempt to reclaim his youth.

　 怀有身孕的艾丝特·伍德豪斯完成了例行的孕期检查，谁知在回家路上遭到不明身份之人的袭击，凶手更残忍地攻击她的腹部，导致艾丝特尚未出世的孩子夭折。艾丝特孤身一人，无依无靠，当初的孩子也是通过精子库受孕得到。出院后她经人介…