The single working mother's dilemma. Assailed on all sides by the politically correct view of single working mothers, the poverty trap looming, Rosie is presented with an unusual way out of her predicament - reconciliation with the handsome but unreliable Rory, whom she divorced years ago. Her friends are horrified, her mother is thrilled. Rosie knows it's a gamble, but becoming part of a couple again could make the world treat her as a human being once more. 'What's sex got to do with it?' she demands. 'This is the Nineties. This is business.'