In Her Shoes is the story of polar opposite sisters, who other than there shoe size, have nothing in common. Beautiful, promiscuous, and wild Maggie uses her looks to benefit herself by sleeping with men then asking for money. Rose was straight edged and smart, consumed in her work as a law attorney.  When their step mom kicks Maggie out of the house, she moves in with Rose. This only creates more drama since Maggie can't seem to land a job and destroyed and took many of Roses shoes. The final straw was when Maggie tried to seduce Rose's boyfriend. Rose then kicked Maggie out of the house, where she moved to Florida to live with their grandmother Ellie; the two sisters stopped speaking after their falling out.  In Florida Maggie lived with her grandmother Ellie in a senior citizen home. With no parties and men that Maggie used to consume her life with, and Rose left her law firm and dealing with her anger at her sister. Both sisters begin to start over and pick up the pieces of their life learning that family is much more important than any pair of shoes.