The Masters, retired professors, have a minor disagreement: Jo Anne wishes Ike, her husband of 42 years, to write an autobiography. Ike balks and questions her motives for suggesting it. To bolster her case, Jo Anne recommends ghost writer Amy Donovan to help. Ike agrees, discovers Amy to be a former student, and accepts her advice to explore his epiphanies. However, at their second meeting, Amy ignites fireworks when she mentions the name Mel White. Ike blanches. Jo Anne seethes. And Amy puzzles. From there, Ikepursues the autobiography to please his wife. Amy investigates Melanie and the careers of Jo Anne and Ike. Jo Anne rehashes the major crises of her life: her sublimated career, her miscarriage, the still-birth of her only son Julius, and Ike's affair with Melanie. But, Jo Anne concludes her real angst comes from three sins kept secret for fifty years that if confessed will likely kill her marriage.
The Masters, retired professors, have a minor disagreement: Jo Anne wishes Ike, her husband of 42 years, to write an autobiography. Ike balks and questions her motives for suggesting it. To bolster her case, Jo Anne recommends ghost writer Amy Donovan to help. Ike agrees, discovers Amy to be a fo...