An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley is 26 and still lives at home, despite his simmering anger at his father, Edward. Charley's younger brother, Tom, just dropped out of college and returned home to live. Tom's unstable new girlfriend, Marriet, has designs on joining the family, but she's hardly a calming influence on the crumbling home.

根据罗伯特·鲍斯威尔的系列短篇故事改编，7个不同的故事衔接在一起探索人生的幻想与现实、记忆与历史的区别，以及人类处境的快乐与痛苦。