What's a fast-talking, under-employed New York free spirit to do when she's jailed for throwing an illegal house party' Mary (Parker Posey, Dazed and Confused) cajoles her librarian godmother into bailing her out and giving her a job as a clerk at the public library. What follows is Mary's screwball-like journey from a life of late nights and hangovers to romance and a career as a librarian.