Marianne Sägebrecht, rotund heroine of SUGARBABY and BAGDAD CAFE, returns as a GI wife and mother, Rosalie, now settled down in Stuttgart, Arkansas, who keeps her family, hubby - Brad Davis, son - Alex Winter,and her priest - Judge Reinhold, afloat financially - by check and credit card fraud. Creditors send her so many notices that even the mailman is impressed. But as well as Rosalie manipulates the financial system of Stuttgart, she’s falling behind, until her great revelation comes. One day she discovers that if she owes the bank $100,000, the bank wants its money, but if she owes the bank $1 million, the bank is scared of her. That’s all she needs to know...