The first story takes place in 1929, in the town of England Richmond, Virginia Woolf is trying to start writing the novel Mrs Dalloway.The 2nd array is 1951, in California. Laura Brown, a gentle wife is preparing the birthday cake for her husband. While preparing, her mind concentrates on the book Mrs Dalloway. At present, Clarissa Vaughan, a fifties woman prepared for prize of her friend- poet Richard. She wonders her feelings for Richard and his girlfriend living with Sally Lester