I Could Love You

When Belinda discovers her husband is having

an affair, her world is turned upside down;

she’s furious, hurt, and bent on evening the

score. But Belinda isn’t the only one in her

affluent suburban neighborhood suffering

the indignities and disappointments of middle

life. Instead of resting comfortably in the

glow of earlier good decisions, she and her

neighbors have just as much angst as they did

in their twenties, even if the drama is buried

under accreting layers of everyday life.

One of Belinda’s friends fears her own

husband is having an affair. But when she finds

out there’s no other woman—that he’s found

God instead—this, to her, is the biggest betrayal.

A renowned artist, near death, is convinced

that his entire life has been a waste. And a

schoolteacher, upon achieving his dream of

selling a screenplay to Hollywood, finds himself

buffeted by the maddening whims of the

studio execs (who are no longer looking for a

serious drama, but a low-brow comedy about

a talking dog).

And as the grownups in this searching,

beautifully told story try to claw back the

happiness that has slipped away, two college

kids who believed they’d never find love discover

a glimmer of hope.