A middle-aged bachelor embarks on a journey to visit various ex-lovers after he receives a mysterious letter in the mail informing him that he has a 19-year-old son.

Based on a stranger than fiction true story, this ferociously funny mystery follows two neighbors: deeply conservative Edith Swan and foul-mouthed Rose Gooding. When Edith begins to receive wicked letters full of hilarious profanities, Rose is charged with the crime. However, as the towns women begin to investigate themselves, they suspect that something is amiss.