The marriage between Julia Jarmond and Bertnard Tezac inis not a happy one.
Julia is, a forty-five-year-oldforty-five year old American, is married to Bertrand and is mother to Zoe.
Julia worries about getting older and longs for a second child, having had a difficult pregnancy with Zoë and suffering several miscarriages.
Bertrand does not treat her well, but she accepts that as her due. He is a tease and a flirt, but she is moved by his looks and his charm. She knows that her husband has been cheating on her for years and she accepts that.
JuliaJulia´s newspaper investigation reveals that she is pregnant after years of miscarriages and longing fruit of the womb, but her husband does not want selfishthe baby and insists on a miscarriagesan abortion. Bertrand believes he is too old for fatherhood.
Julia faces a difficult decision, she must decide between two conflicting desires, between her longing for another child and her husband's demand for miscarriagean abortion.
She knows that choosing the baby will ruin the marriage, but they are in any casealready ruined and the loss of the baby will cause her more sadness in her miserable life.
Julia decides to maintain her pregnancy after waiting a long time, against the will of her husband. Her daughter was named after Sarah Starzynski, a girl whose life story took a significant place in Julia's life.