When Bretta Nolan's husband dies, she honours a promise she made to him to move to a small town and start a new life.
Without minimizing her great sorrow, she nevertheless attempts to find pleasure on a daily basis. 'The Year Of Pleasures' is about deliberately acknowledging the solace found in ordinary things: a warm bath, good food, the beauty of nature, music and art. Above all it is about the various kindnesses people can, and do, offer one another.
