Birding

Lydia Lincoln has walked out on her abusive lover. Uncomprehending and angry, she's trying to remind herself that her future is alive with possibilities as she moves forward from her hurt.Nan is a 'compact little flame' of an older woman and every morning, regardless of weather or water temperature, she swims. Very often she wonders whether she really should make the choice to return to shore.As Nan swims, mother and daughter Joyce and Betty go about their daily errands in their matching outfits, their twin beds idle under flouncy satin counterpanes. Their unhappy codependence keeping them trapped in each other's anger.These women all pass among each other unaware of the others' existence, but they will come to know and need each other, and acknowledge each other for the very first time.