An intellectual giant but an emotional pygmy, Robert is a man struggling to come to terms with the forces that have brought him down, from the wife who wanted him to change, to the ex-girlfriend who came back to haunt him and the childhood bully who turned into an adult bully.
But somehow he ends up earning peanuts in a Suffolk bookshop while his devious and wayward friend Jack, becomes rich and famous as a TV chat-show host. David however soon realises that it's finally time he stopped doing what is expected of him. But what David soon finds is that he can never be completely free of Jack...
For Richard and Sarah, leaving the rat-race of London for the sleepy village of Worth feels like a dream come true. Soon they find themselves reverse- commuting back to London on the weekends, just to be with people they like. Smart, sophisticated, beautiful Catherine seems like the answer to their prayers.