George is sinking deeper and deeper into despair. Struggling to hold it together since his wife Maggie passed away, relations with seventeen-year-old son Robby, his mates, and his close family are beginning to disintegrate ... not so his love affair with the whiskey bottle.

Revelations from two people close to him shake George out of his stupor and force him to come to terms with his responsibilities and challenge his lifelong held views on what it means to be a man.