His Honour Christopher Osgood, eminent judge and, in the eyes of his daughters, old-fashioned male chauvinist, is utterly unprepared for life on his own when his wife dies. Bewildered by anything from the absence of clean socks to the dress code of his daughters, he suddenly finds himself, in late middle age, the object of desire: Lucille seduces, Sally befriends and Jo dazzles him – but with which one will he re-find the happiness that he has lost?