Mary Jo Walker was married for the first time at age 17, and has since gone through three more husbands and numerous boyfriends. Everytime a relationship fails, the free-spirited Mary Jo takes to the road with her foul-mouthed, 12-year-old daughter, Ava, in search of a new home, new love and a new life. Leaving yet another abusive relationship behind her, Mary Jo finally heads for the picture-perfect suburbs of Starlight Beach, near San Diego. Mary Jo lands a position at job security company, and Ava enrolls in school where she makes friends easily. Ava hopes that she and her mother can actually live by themselves, without the destructive presence of another ill-chosen boyfriend. Mary Jo, however, soon hooks-up with a brawny truck driver, Jack Ranson, who they met on the road to California, When Mary Jo and Jack's ill-fated relationship begins to deteriorate, she is tempted to hit the road again--much to the chagrin of her daughter who, for once in her life, begins to feel rooted.

Mary Jo Walker was married for the first time at age 17, and has since gone through three more husbands and numerous boyfriends. Everytime a relationship fails, the free-spirited Mary Jo takes to the road with her foul-mouthed, 12-year-old daughter, Ava, in search of a new home, new love and a new life. Leaving yet another abusive relationship behind her, Mary Jo finally heads for the picture-perfect suburbs of Starlight Beach, near San Diego. Mary Jo lands a position at job security company, and Ava enrolls in school where she makes friends easily. Ava hopes that she and her mother can actually live by themselves, without the destructive presence of another ill-chosen boyfriend. Mary Jo, however, soon hooks-up with a brawny truck driver, Jack Ranson, who they met on the road to California, When Mary Jo and Jack's ill-fated relationship begins to deteriorate, she is tempted to hit the road again--much to the chagrin of her daughter who, for once in her life, begins to feel rooted.

改编自喜酌在豆瓣阅读连载的小说《风滚草》。 　　决定离开大城市，“彻底躺平”再也不上班的程思敏手握15万存款，瞒着父母独自回到贺兰山下的老家半山市，在黄河苑6号楼的廉租房里开启了梦想中的乞丐版退休生活。程思敏先后经历了两次偶遇，才后知后觉发现自己对门一身狼狈的邻居竟然是中学时代的富二代同桌时应。此时的时应家道中落，刚刚中断衣食无忧的留学生活，回到家里配合进行破产清算。时应在半山市面试众多公司无果，无奈与同样落魄的赤霞酒庄达成合作收拾残局，四处奔波为酒庄跑下了新的质检和商标。程思敏与时应两个正在经历各自人生低谷时刻的“失败者”，如同两株随风流浪的风滚草，在贺兰山下的故乡小镇重新扎根，重新成长。贺兰山麓下，沙漠湖泊旁，风滚草的归途是一片翠色的绿洲。

改编自喜酌在豆瓣阅读连载的小说《风滚草》。 　　决定离开大城市，“彻底躺平”再也不上班的程思敏手握15万存款，瞒着父母独自回到贺兰山下的老家半山市，在黄河苑6号楼的廉租房里开启了梦想中的乞丐版退休生活。程思敏先后经历了两次偶遇，才后知后觉发现自己对门一身狼狈的邻居竟然是中学时代的富二代同桌时应。此时的时应家道中落，刚刚中断衣食无忧的留学生活，回到家里配合进行破产清算。时应在半山市面试众多公司无果，无奈与同样落魄的赤霞酒庄达成合作收拾残局，四处奔波为酒庄跑下了新的质检和商标。程思敏与时应两个正在经历各自人生低谷时刻的“失败者”，如同两株随风流浪的风滚草，在贺兰山下的故乡小镇重新扎根，重新成长。贺兰山麓下，沙漠湖泊旁，风滚草的归途是一片翠色的绿洲。

布鲁诺、库珀和沃利在沙漠中进行了一次愉快的公路旅行，直到他们撞上了一株寻求报复的风滚草，事情才失控。