"Fed up being the wife of a domineering, controlling husband, Nora Jaco drives away from her home in the middle of the night determined to return to her old life in New York City. The drive east from Santa Barbara, California, takes her to Highway 40, which shows billboards of the historic Route 66. Having read about it and curious, she decides to take that road, thinking she may never get another chance to do so. This turn will prove to be one filled...