Sisters Maria and Anna live together Maria is a most proficient executive secretary encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career Anna broods threatens to quit university takes pills and keeps a diary When Marias relationship with Maurice the son of her boss starts to lead to love Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude No longer able to connect with Maurice Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul