LORNA

Nothing in Tyler Owens’ background could prepare him for the maelstrom of Lorna Eads. The son of “Sawdust Republicans who nonetheless spoke cordially of FDR and Carter,” he grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and moved to California to study economics at USC. Although he was raised to have practical plans for the future, Tyler drops out of college to pursue a writing career. A late-night drive through Los Angeles changes the trajectory of his life when he gets into a fender bender with Lorna Eads, an aspiring actress from Rhode Island. She gives Tyler her phone number, and a relationship quickly dev