its the summer of 1960 in vermont.marie fermoyle is a strong but vulnerable divorced woman whose loniless and ambition for her children make her easy prey for dangerous con man omar duvall.marie's children are alice,17-involved with a young priest:norm,16-hotheaded and idealistic:benjy,12-isolated and misunderstood,and so despreate for his mothers happiness that he hides the deadly truth he knows about duvall.we also meet sam fermoyle,the childrens alcoholic father,sam's brother -in-law,who makes anonymous love calls from the bathroom of his failing appliance store,and the klubock family,who-in contrast to the fermoyles-live an orderly life in the house next door.
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