Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she's made the right choices about life, love, work, and most important, friendship.