一个豪爽纵欲的妈妈,每当恋情失败,就举家搬往新镇,开始另一次恋爱,15岁的女儿对母亲的浪漫不以为然,她和妹妹早已厌倦这种飘泊生活,所以当母亲再结新欢时,她们由衷希望母亲能够安定下来,但是那个男人依然得不到母亲爱的承诺。After yet another failed relationship, Mrs. Flax (Cher) ups her family to the east coast to start all over again. Reluctantly dragged along with her is her daughter Charlotte - going through a very confusing time of her life - who wants to become a nun, and instead falls in love with a quiet, mild-mannered church employee, to the mixed response of her mother. Set at around the time of the Kennedy Assassination.