Zanni Howard becomes an expert photographer, a creator and manipulator of images. In her art, she seeks always for truth. But in her personal life, she blindly makes assumptions about who she is and what she wants. Zanni's desperate quest to adapt to society's imperatives and find the ideal soul mate who will be her emotional home leaves an agonizing wake of broken marriages, frustrating love affairs, guilt and confusion. Will her struggle with the tangled and misleading images of her unfulfilled youthful dreams finally reveal the truth about herself?