He’s able to give an extraordinary speech on American soul music to astonished students, pry into the private lives of his co-citizens and even make his eighteen-year-old daughter swear that she will never, never leave the family home. He’s Simon Wolberg, mayor of a small provincial town, madly in love with his wife, a nosy father and a provocative son. All this man’s deeds stem from his obsession with his family, which will sorely try his relationships, revealing their strengths and fragilities. But the microcosm he has so laboriously created and idealized is far from perfect. In fact, Simon will realize that what he cannot control are feelings, his own and his family’s…
