As for the rest of the show , Miriam -LRB- Annie Golden -RRB- is a 44-year-old Mormon hausfrau in Ketchum , Idaho , and if the town 's name rings a bell as the place where Ernest Hemingway killed himself , it 's no coincidence : Hemingway -LRB- Allen Fitzpatrick , the show 's sparkplug -RRB- appears to Miriam and urges her to go to Paris on a journey of self-discovery .