A Love Song for Bobby Long

After the death of her mother, with whom she had barely had any relationship, Purslane, a lonely and jaded young woman, returns to her hometown of New Orleans. When she arrives, she is surprised to find that two friends of her mother have been living in the family house for years: Bobby Long, a former literature professor, and Lawson Pines, a young man writing Bobby's biography. The problem is that they have no intention whatsoever of leaving.