Elizabeth Van Meter

The death of the Kimbrough family matriarch affects the three male survivors of the clan. Widower Easy tries to reconnect with his old flame, Marg. Eldest son and struggling musician Guy moves back to town, feeling guilty that he missed the funeral. His brother, Beagle, who was his mother's caretaker, falls for Marg's granddaughter, Georgia, a chronically ill girl who fears her time is growing short.

Consumed with the fear of failing, Lilli, a skeptical young painter crosses paths on the streets of Manhattan with Morrison, an obsessive compulsive writer who rarely escapes the confines of his car. In the most harrowing 48 hours of their lives, they are forced to come to terms with their past in order to feel worth of success and love. As we weave in and out of eight defective lives, Lilli and Morrison expose us to the sad truths of life as well as its wonderful possibilities.

Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.