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Ülkesinde genellikle yetişkinlere hitap eden kitaplarıyla dikkat çeken genç bir kadın yazar, son zamanlarda hayatında değişikliklerle karşı karşıya kalacaktır. Ek iş olarak yerel bir gazetede editörlük göreviyle parasını kazanmaya çalışan genç kız, zamanla hayatına erkeklerin girmesiyle çok zor bir hal alacaktır. Genç bir kadının etrafında gelişen olayları dramatik bir yönle bizlere aktaran The Girl in the Book filmi kısıtlı kadrosuyla iyi işler başaran filmlerden birisi olarak dikkat çekiyor.

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.