In the wake of their adolescence

Ben and Steven Thatch find themselves facing problems with which neither of them knows how to cope. Their mother, Tess, winds up in a coma following an accident and their father, Larry, struggles to support the family absent her income.

Amidst emotional and financial challenges

During these troubling times, the two boys learn to accept great changes in the way they think. Their mother finds her own challenge in simply waking up.