After celebrating her 40th birthday in style, bored mum of two April is given an ultimatum: go to a spiritual retreat in France and write an article about the secret of happiness or collect your P45 from HR! Far from being unable to cope without her, her teenage children are delighted at the prospect of two weeks without mum's nagging and long-suffering husband Pete agrees to take the fortnight off work to keep them out of trouble. Anything if it means he'll get his wife back! Will April finally learn the secret of happiness and escape her boring life? Or is she doomed to a lifetime of writing book reviews and recipes for middle-aged Christian housewives?