Evan Rachel Wood

When a sarcastic and bitter middle-aged New York man meets a young woman who has run away from her home in the South, and lets her stay with him, he discovers that he can still find happiness in his life.

An intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years and struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda, as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life, including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon and ex-husband Bert Pierce.