Fanny Wincham has lived contentedly as housewife to absent-minded Oxford don, Alfred. But then her life changes overnight when Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to Paris. When Fanny's tenderhearted secretary begins filling the embassy with rescued animals and her teenage son shows up with a roc...

Fanny Wincham has lived contentedly as housewife to absent-minded Oxford don, Alfred. But then her life changes overnight when Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to Paris. When Fanny's tenderhearted secretary begins filling the embassy with rescued animals and her teenage son shows up with a rock star in tow, things get entirely out of hand.