Alice's world is turned upside-down when her estranged husband Doug announces he has a new girlfriend.
Alice takes her boyfriend to a romantic restaurant where she and Doug used to eat, in an attempt to prove that the place no longer holds any ghosts for her.
Alice is determined to get her academically struggling son Joe into a smart new school. And SHe'll stop at nothiing to get what she wants.
Alice's plans for Joe's birthday get hi-jacked by Doug, and Alice finds herself lumbered with a psychotic parrot that can hold a grudge.