Jack Remick

Lemon Custard: the Novella and Screenplay Adaptation Jack Remick

A woman stands on a windmill tower in Kansas, ready to jump. The woman is married, two kids. The farm is driving her crazy. She can escape by jumping or she can escape to the city. Olive needs to say goodbye to the kids. Saying goodbye, she changes her mind. She drops the kids with grandparents, steals her husband's car, and heads for Wichita where she connects with three women who guide her on her journey from farm-girl to city-woman. Olive is America on the move. Olive is America re-inventing itself. Olive discovers the hard truth about the American dream.