迪克逊·史蒂尔是一个剧作家，但不幸的是他被卷入了一宗凶杀案，他的女邻居劳雷尔．格雷因给他 作证而成为了恋人。但劳雷尔因混淆视听之言怀疑情人就是真正的凶手，因此伤害了他们之间的纯真感情 ，最后只好痛苦地分手。

布列塔尼·福格勒是一个有趣的，可爱的，27岁的纽约人，紧迫的生活让她过得乱七八糟的，其肮脏的夜总会冒险和清晨羞耻的散步使她每天上班迟到。但是当她停在一个叫“推荐医生办公室”的地方，试图给她加药时，布里塔尼得到了一系列的诊断结果，而不是心率升高、血压升高……一长串的疾病。突然，布列塔尼被迫握紧，系上她的匡威运动鞋，跑了一个汗块。第二天，她跑了两次。很快她就跑了一英里。布列塔尼终于有了方向，但她走对了吗？

Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.

Co-workers question their marriages for a variety of issues, including anger management, child-like spouses and manipulative stepchildren. Will their relationships be mended or end in divorce?

A true masterpiece.