Mary isn't your typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer, overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until Mary takes matters into her own hands.

In a pristine 1950s suburb, a newlywed discovers cryptic puzzles in the daily newspaper that hint at a buried town secret and her husband’s past. As the clues unravel, so does her reality.

A young screenwriter caught between the promise of Hollywood fame and preserving her artistic voicebstarts up a relationship with an aspiring director. As their romance blossoms over time, she soon comes face to face with the challenges of betrayal, the cost of success, and making the choice of saying no to the wrong version of her dream to follow her heart.