With a new iPhone, a condo near the Grove, and also a comfortable bank account left for her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily jumped from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, an effective (but still unmarried ) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. Nevertheless whenever the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited information force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds out how to channel her eternal confidence and strong generosity to change the lifestyles of the others - as well as their own - in order to discover a new purpose in life.