 Tom Warner, a young, bright but somewhat lazy New York author who just tasted success with one bestselling book, gives in to his wife s homesick pleading: they move to her native Kansas, close to her parent s home. Soon the big city individualist finds his anonymous life is turned upside down as they spend more time at his in-laws  (her parents, siblings and others) and obligatory local community events then in their own home or alone, and the old-fashioned social pressure is quite alarming for a Big Apple-free spirit.