For her 50th birthday, Ellie Johnston's husband gives her an unwanted divorce and takes their elegant home into which he installs his girlfriend. Alone and broke, Ellie hides in the rundown cottage she buys with her divorce settlement, but discovers that the house comes with an undisclosed perk.

Millie Truman has a problem. Makethat two problems: her sons, Mitchell and Steven.Because of their slovenly ways, both of them haverelationship troubles. Now Millie finds herself with amessy, needy houseguest in Steven and having to cleanMitchell's apartment every week. Her sons are putting acrimp in her lifestyle Widowed for 5 years she would like to travel andlive her life her way. She also wouldn't mind getting toknow her newly-divorced neighbour, Charles. Along withher good friends and fellow Red Hat members, Kim andTheresa, they hatch a plan to get the dependent men intheir lives to take...