Leading divorce lawyer Hannah Stern has walked out on the family firm Defoe's to join rival company Noble & Hale. She now faces her sister Nina and mother Ruth, also successful family lawyers, on the opposing side of high-profile divorce cases. When their father Oscar returns after a 30-year absence, Hannah, Nina and youngest sister Rose are thrown into turmoil. As the past resurfaces, Hannah, for so long adept at navigating other people's lives and relationships, is confronted with questions and painful revelations about her own.