Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - fri
ends she hasn't seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and ca
tching up on the past 20 years. On the surface, they are all successful and happ
y. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it's not quite
so straightforward: Paul and Anna are struggling to have a baby, Saffron the ac
tress is still waiting for that really big break that - at 39 - is looking less
and less likely, and Olivia, always the wallflower of the group, is newly single
and mourning her lost love
