In a small town in Oregon, everyone wants to kill the local advice columnist, Mrs. Bambi — if only they knew who she was. Mrs. Bambi's advice is so snarky that people have long since stopped asking for it, so instead she eavesdrops on conversations and writes the letters herself.

In fact, Mrs. Bambi is not a woman. The column is written by Richard, a quiet widower with a young daughter whom all his friends love.

The quiet part of Richard's life is nearly over when he starts dating Pam, a well-known realtor and a sports addict. The town begins to learn the identity of Mrs. Bambi, and Richard is threatened and humiliated in public. Despite the pleas of his editor, his friends, and Pam, he stubbornly refuses to stop writing the column.

This unusual story mixes romance, suspense, and loss with Mrs. Bambi's unique sense of  humor.