Edna and Leo, a perpetually warring, tyrannical pair in their 80s, begin wintering In Mexico, where they abandon their usual prudence to embrace adventure and a bevy of sketchy new friends.
Though unique in its loony details, Don\'t Say A Word! will resonate with beleaguered adult-children everywhere who will recognize the special misery of watching, helpless, as stubborn, diminished parents careen precariously toward the end of life..
In the end, the surprising way in which they come undone reveals just what they spent their lives trying to hide, thereby setting her free.
Why can\'t Elizabeth stop any of this from happening? No matter the madness, she cannot confront her parents any more than she ever could.
Before it is over the Mexican escapade will bring down the kind of disasters commonly found in pulp fiction.
Later, following her mother\'s sudden death, Elizabeth\'s wise, principled father attempts to fill his late wife\'s shoes with a string of loopy, live-in housekeepers--with privileges, he hopes.
Blithely indifferent to the calamities that result, the pair refuse all help from their too-compliant only child.
Soon, Edna adopts a pair of shyster builders whom she trusts over her own architect-daughter Elizabeth, and a farcical house results.
Edna and Leo, a perpetually warring, tyrannical pair in their 80s, begin wintering In Mexico, where they abandon their usual prudence to embrace adventure and a bevy of sketchy new friends
