Deep in her heart Maureen resents the fact that Laura Bush, the quiet librarian, captured the heart of the fraternity president while she, vivacious and intellectual Maureen, looks across the city room at R.W. Apple and Adam Clymer.
This wasn't the way things were supposed to turn out for her. Maureen really thought she was going to marry Michael Douglas and queen it over everyone at her high school reunion. Instead, she must attend alone and endure the pitying looks of those less brilliant classmates who have happy lives. All the columns and Pulitzer prizes will avail her nothing as she gradually becomes the Helen Thomas of her generation.