In 1959, Vivian Bell, a 35-year-old English professor at Columbia University in New York City, travels to Reno to establish residency in Nevada (a process that takes six weeks), in order to obtain a quickie divorce. She stays at a guest house ranch for women who are waiting for their divorces to be finalized. The guest ranch is owned by Frances Parker. Vivian meets Cay Rivvers, a younger, free-spirited sculptor whom Frances loves as if _she_ were her mother. <sep>, Pronoun: she <sep>, A: Cay Rivvers <sep>, B: Frances