As far as friends and neighbors can see, Paula Hazeltine's marriage is filled with love and laughter. Beneath the surface gaiety, however, Paula lives a life of shame and hurt. She feels she has failed as a wife when she discoveres her husband's secret love affair. Appalled, she struggles with this knowledge in desperate silence--unable to talk about it to anyone, hardly able to cope with it herself. What is Paula to do? She has always adored her husband. Can she go on, knowing he has betrayed her? Or must she give up her marriage to regain her self respect.