Gretchen is a young married woman longing to start a family. She is an avid list maker and looking to perfect the life list she has always pictured: 1. Get married 2. Get a great job 3. Buy a lovely house 4. Have a beautiful baby After a failed attempt to become pregnant, Gretchen begins to lose sight of everything except her desire to be a mother. Tangled perceptions about her sense of self, her recent 100-pound weight loss, and her sexuality do not help. Caught in the cycle of frequent fertility appointments and her near constant effort at conceiving, Gretchen blurs the lines between friendship, commitment, and her own integrity. What will Gretchen do to ease her feelings of failure and complete the perfect life she has pictured?