Her father Will Tyler (Robert Knott) is a fisherman in a small east-coast town where, if you’re lucky, you’ll pull just enough catch off the boat to take care of the family. Will and his usually supportive wife Julia (Cherry Jones of "Ocean’s Twelve") experience a deep chasm in their marriage when Will can’t come up with the money for the operation and he starts drinking again. Will had a plan to raise the money but his past catches up with him when the insurance company discovers a loophole that allows them to not have to pay for the accidental sinking of his boat. The entire family goes into a deep funk.

Will and Julia have two adult sons who don’t get along at all. Clyde (Shawn Hatosy of "John Q") is a police officer who is socially awkward with the ladies. When Merrill (Sarah Paulson of "Down With Love") comes back to town after a long absence, Clyde wants to make love to her, but she’s too aggressive for him. To put it mildly, she has some issues. Merrill has slept around and when she determines that Clyde won’t or can’t fill her needs and his brother Mike (Michael Mosley) can, the two of them waste no time fulfilling their sexual desires.

Narrated by Emma, we feel what it’s like to be in the middle of family chaos, at a time when one has limited ability to change things. The film is reminiscent of the everyday people that we saw in "Winter Solstice," though this is a touch more realistic.