He's a boy trying to become a man. The mysteries seem solvable in the poignant coming of age story. then something unexpected appears in a very feminine shape. She calls herself Lila. She's barely a girl herself, but she comes in a package that the stuff of dreams. But after all, what are dreams - - - a stab at reality or a thing ultimately ephemeral and beyond our reach?Karl Tutt, the master of mayhem, takes off in a completely different direction in this gentle tale replete with youthful charm and even enlightenment.