Three very different men are in love with the same woman, Francine Widmer. Francine, twenty-seven, beautiful, intelligent, and resourceful, insists on running her own life. Suddenly, control of Francine’s life falls apart when she is raped and she finds that the doctors and the police are indifferent to the enormity of the crime. Francine wants revenge, and she selects as her instrument the best criminal lawyer in the country. The result is a triumphant story about the true source of life’s problems and opportunities: other people.