The story follows a group of birds on a journey where they try to find a better life for themselves and the ones they love.

During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She’s shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

The unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.