My life among the apes

the long version

A woman leaves her husband, a retired judge, when he refuses to give up his passion for performing as a magician, a young man exiled from the downtown arts scene finds himself living in the suburbs in a community of new immigrants, a widow moves to New York to confront the woman who was her late husband's mistress, and a bank manager in a bad situation turns to his childhood obsession with Jane Goodall for inspiration.