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( Gwyneth Paltrow ): An adopted literary prodigy who has not written a play in years and hides in a cloud of cigarette smoke and secret affairs.

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Learning that Etheline is about to remarry, Royal fakes terminal stomach cancer to weasel his way back into the family home, setting off a chain reaction of old wounds, hilarious confrontations, and unexpected tenderness. ( Gwyneth Paltrow ): An adopted literary prodigy