After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life’s sav­ings, and the col­lapse of her once-hap­py mar­riage, Mered­ith Maran leaves her San Fran­cis­co free­lance writer’s life for a 9‑to‑5 job in Los Ange­les, deter­mined to rebuild not only her sav­ings but her­self while rel­ish­ing the joys of life in La-La Land.