 At age 17, Eglantine is troubled by a number of things. Her argumentative parents comprise an absentee and philandering father and an overprotective, occasionally alcoholic mother. Her boyfriend Sébastien is a couple of years older; he s ready, but she isn t. Frequent furtive visits to her therapist help her to see that these issues are not  problems , but  difficulties , which she has the strength to overcome.