Mercury

Seventeen-year-old Marley drives into the tiny town of Mercury with her mother, who never lets them settle into a new place for long. But Marley immediately falls in with the Joseph family, as the girlfriend to first one brother, then another, and as a sort of surrogate mother to the whole family. Circumstances keep Marley tied to the town and the Josephs, as everyone simultaneously depends on her for nearly everything in their lives and takes it for granted she’ll always be there. When the Joseph boys’ mother comes to her for help, Marley has to weigh family obligations with what is morally right. It’s a heartbreaking yet also uplifting story of families, love, betrayal, and how we can love people even though we don’t understand their choices.