Paraula clau Small Town America

Grady Tripp, un professor de literatura de la Universitat de Carnegie Mellon, pateix una crisi que li impedeix escriure: la tercera dona l'acaba d'abandonar, i el seu agent literari el pressiona perquè s'acabi la segona novel·la. Set anys abans, quan era un jove prodigi, la primera novel·la va tenir una enorme repercussió. Durant el cap de setmana en què se celebra el Festival de les Paraules, James Leer, un dels seus alumnes, desperta la seva vena paternal, i tots dos es llancen a la recerca d'una estranya peça que va pertànyer a Marilyn Monroe.

Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”

The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Explore the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.