Adrian Stockwell and Ezra Cherevin both battle the fallout from their broken families. Yet each one's strategy is as different as each one's past. Adrian's childhood was left void by apathy; Ezra's upended by violence. The written word soon becomes their therapy, their escape. This shared passion for literature is the vehicle that brings them together. But their journey is filled with personal and familial potholes. Can these two young men carve out a life together by learning to navigate a sea of challenges? And can the people in their lives do the same?