The Breeding of Lilacs

Barbie Bentley has everything a woman could want: two kids, a gorgeous home on the West Coast of Florida, loyal friends, and of course, her husband Bud. Yet she's unhappy, longing for a secret something that has to do with the emptiness in her heart. Restless, she returns to college where she meets Greek premed student, Nick Diamandis. Friendship morphs into an affair when an angry Barbie retaliates after Bud tears down her beloved backyard gazebo. When her friend Frances risks losing her mobile home to developers, she masterminds a protest march, giving residents time to obtain mortgage money to buy the property. But good intentions can lead to youknowwhere, and Barbie ends a triumphant protest day in jail. Tranquil spring days are soon followed by more drama when friend Elaine is shot by her lover, and Barbie is suspected by a Coral Cove detective of being on the scene with Nick at the time of the shooting. Can things go any worse for Barbie?