Isabelle, a woman in her 30s without any of the trappings of a grown-up
life, has just been fired from her job at a San Francisco phone company.
Returning to the midwestern suburb of her childhood, Standardsville,
Illinois, she contends with her dating single mother, a neighbor who
once appeared on The Honeymooners, and an ex-boyfriend. She also
becomes a mystery shopper for a temp agency, posing as a variety of
potential tenants for newly built suburban communities to access their
exclusive services.
Enchanted by the possibilities of disguise, Isabelle spins a web of lies
that keeps the world at a distance until she unearths long-kept secrets
that force her to rethink everything she thought she knew.