Henry Roth: obsessive-compulsive, somewhat misanthropic, a writer of children's books. His illustrator and only friend, Rudy, dies after a fabulously successful collaboration on "Marty, the Beaver." Henry is under contract to produce another Marty book for Christmas sales. His publisher, Arthur Planck, assigns penniless, lovelorn illustrator Lucy Reilly to work with Henry. She's sought by her ex-boyfriend Jeremy, who dumped her two years ago but shows up apologetic, having dedicated his new book to her. She and Henry go to a house on the shore to work. Will love bloom amid the rocks, or is Henry a bump on Lucy's road to Jeremy? Rudy's voice, from the grave, gives Henry counsel. 星夜的天文望远镜与爱情。不仅仅是爱情片——喜欢浪漫爱情轻的还是绕行..。如果有个男人，能为我这样的寻找石子。。生活是与喜悦的擦身而过。人生是一段快乐的单程旅途。Life is a single skip for joy.。俗气的爱情片。Life is a single skip for joy。虽然，中文名不怎么有吸引力呢。丢了石头还能找回来。 亨瑞（比利•克鲁德普 饰）是个性格奇怪的儿童读物作家，他愤世嫉俗的个性也不愿与别人接触，可是自从他唯一的朋友兼合作多年的插画画家瑞迪（汤姆•威尔金森 饰）因病逝世后，为了能几时出版新书，公司不得不找来了另一位插画家合作。 女孩露西（曼迪•摩尔 饰）是个怀才不遇的画家，刚开始她得不到亨瑞的认同，而且恶言相向。可是为了巨款酬劳，露西还是尝试去跟这个怪癖作家合作，也只好处处迁就他。 亨瑞心里还是惦记着已逝的好友，他经常在潜意识里与瑞迪对话，听取他的意见。露西的前男友在这时候回来找她，本来抗拒的亨瑞也渐渐愿意作为一个聆听者，听取露西的不安。 亨瑞做出了很大的牺牲希望露西能取得灵感，在这段相处的过程中，渐入佳境的两人竟发生出了一段情缘……
