Divorced, 46-year-old Eve Fletcher, after moving her only son into the university dormitory, returns home drunk to the empty family nest. Day by day, she gets used to being alone, until a text message sent from an unknown mobile number informs her that she is a MILF, a desirable mother, to put it mildly. While wondering whether to take the message as a compliment or an insult, out of curiosity she ventures deeper and deeper into the forest of internet porn sites. In addition to her balanced, actually uneventful life, while re-enrolling in a community college course as the manager of a local senior care center, she becomes addicted to an online forum that encourages erotic self-expression for average, middle-aged, small-town women. Over time, his Internet adventures seep into his everyday life and direct his attention to boldly new, exciting opportunities that somewhat threaten the social recognition he deserves.

Away from him, his son Brendan is disappointed to learn that the university campus is far from the unrestrained party place he imagined. In addition, he gets involved in a company where his male chauvinist sexual ideas are questioned. As autumn turns cold in New England, mother and son find themselves at an emotional and moral crossroads independently of each other.

Based on the short stories of author, screenwriter Tom Perrotta, successful TV series can be seen on the HBO channel, as well as the episodes of his novel The Left Behind and Mrs. Fletcher, also published by Geopen. Despite the lightness of the outspoken story, full of humor and self-irony, it delves deeply into issues such as sexuality, self-identity and parenthood. And it sets an example of how to face the mistakes you make when you don't know who and where you belong.