The Accidental Road

Kat's almost-full-time job has become dodging the embarrassing tsunami of male attention aimed at her mother Ellie, a social butterfly who bears an uncanny resemblance to film star Marilyn Monroe. To add to Kat's woes, her step-father, Roy, has lately grown irrationally jealous of his beautiful wife. Kat buries her worries in movies and classical novels, and when Roy's rants turn violent, she and Ellie plan an escape via Route 66 to the freedom of a new life in Las Vegas. Car trouble strand...