When alcohol and chocolate fail to fill the gap left by the departure of her children from the nest Julia, alone for the first time in over twenty years is overcome with restlessness and a desire to rediscover the carefree, adventurous girl she once was.
A night spent reading her old travel diaries inspires her to try and find the first love of her life, the enigmatic, green-eyed English artist she fell in love with on a moonlit night on a tropical beach.
Her journey into the past takes this Sydney woman from the artistic enclaves of Cornwall to the bright lights of New York and she finds the most important thing to pack after great shoes is the ability to laugh at oneself. She learns much about art and herself in the process and discovers that the past is not always what it seems and that knowing what you want is even harder than attaining it.