Liz (Jacqueline Bisset) and Merry Noel (Candice Bergen) become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz becomes a respected "serious" novelist. Merry Noel marries, has a daughter and writes, too: "trash" fiction which becomes enormously successful. Their story begins in college and jumps ahead some years at a time to show their relationship with each other and those in their orbits as they grow and mature.

Charles Street and West 4th Street, Manhattan.

Carnegie Hill Mansion, 2 East 91st Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan.

Algonquin Hotel, 59 West 44th Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan.

5th Avenue (btw East 51st & 52nd Street) Manhattan.

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue (btw East 49th & 50th Street) Manhattan.

Park Avenue and East 50th Street, Manhattan.