Set in contemporary Montreal, This Life is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family - sister, two brothers and parents - do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation. THIS LIFE is a funny, honest, heartfelt series about a regular family whose world turns upside down overnight. Faced with the uncertainty of life, each Lawson does their best to embrace the absurdity of the journey, while confronting the drama that comes with all of their choices big and small. 　　译文(2): 故事背景设定在当代蒙特利尔，《这一生》是一个关于娜塔莉 · 劳森(Natalie Lawson)的家庭传奇故事。娜塔莉 · 劳森是一位颇有成就的专栏作家，也是一位四十出头的单身母亲。她被诊断患有晚期癌症，这让她不得不努力让自己十几岁的孩子们做好准备。她亲密的家庭——姐姐、两个兄弟和父母——尽最大努力帮助她，同时应对自己对这个启示的反应。《此生》是一部有趣、诚实、发自内心的电视剧，讲述了一个普通家庭的故事，他们的世界在一夜之间天翻地覆。面对生活的不确定性，每个劳森都尽最大努力拥抱旅程的荒谬性，同时面对伴随着他们所有大大小小的选择而来的戏剧性。