Sam and Barbara had that rare thing: an amicable divorce. And even though Sam has married again, to a bright, sexy, ambitious banker called Frankie, he and Barbara are bound together by their past, their three children and the affection of many years' happy marriage. When Frankie becomes pregnant and decides to exchange her career for motherhood, Sam's feelings are ambivalent. Having a second family isn't exactly what he bargained for when he traded in his first wife for a liberated younger model. Out of habit he turns to Barbara's familiar reassurance and her skills as a psychoanalyst -- which doesn't exactly please Frankie. Torn between two such powerful personalities, perhaps it's hardly surprising that Sam feels the need for a less demanding woman...