The Middlesteins

For more than thirty years Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life in the suburbs of Chicago But now things are splintering apart Edie is obsessed with food -- and if she doesn't stop she won't have much longer to live ? When Richard abandons his wife it's up to the next generation to take control Robin their schoolteacher daughter is determined that her father pay for leaving Edie Benny an easy going family man just wants to smooth things over And Rachelle a whippet thin perfectionist is intent on saving her mother in law's life ? Through it all they wonder do Edie's devastating choices rest on her shoulders alone or are others at fault too?