The Goose Woman (1925)

Plotzle Expert · E30 · March 31, 2026 · Drama

Six plot descriptions for The Goose Woman (1925). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. An aging opera singer loses her voice after decades of performances and retreats to a coastal village where she observes a reclusive neighbor who never speaks but tends to a flock of birds.
2. Two brothers inherit their father's upstate property and disagree about selling it as one wants to preserve the land while the other needs money to pay off gambling debts he accumulated in Atlantic City.
3. A former opera singer who lost her voice fabricates testimony about a nearby murder to gain public attention, but her false story leads to her own son being arrested for the crime.
4. A ceramics teacher in Portland relocates to her late aunt's farmhouse and begins raising geese while reconciling with her estranged daughter through weekly phone calls that gradually become more honest.
5. A recently widowed man moves in with his son's family but his presence creates tension as his daughter-in-law resents the intrusion and his inability to help with household responsibilities or childcare.
6. A woman discovers her husband has been having an affair with her colleague and begins attending therapy sessions where she examines her own role in their deteriorating marriage over the past seven years.