Gabrielle élève seule sa fille Claire. À 17 ans celle-ci est enceinte de Simon qui refuse de se voir imposer ce bébé. Gabrielle prend les choses en main et décide de demander de l’aide au père de Simon. Elle débarque donc dans le bureau d’Ange, mais celui-ci, célibataire endurci et grand séducteur, n’a jamais assumé sa paternité et n’a aucune intention de le faire. C’est une première rencontre explosive mais Gabrielle ne manque ni de charme, ni de détermination.
Gabrielle is writing an illustrated guide book on sex called 'How To Do It.' At a book signing she meets Saul, an established male writer who is straight. She both loves and hates his work which has seeped into her secular Jewish life from childhood. The more Gabrielle tells him about her book the more he wants to know about her life; the relationship with her younger girlfriend Olivia and her determination to stop using my penis in sex. As her book takes form, is Saul jealous or desirous Their friendship is tested as is Gabrielle's relationship with Olivia. The film muses on how we write, how we draw. And the nature of story and what it makes us do.
