I'm Zihan, the model student: top of my class, class monitor, and a "good boy" in every sense of the word. My life is a straight-A report card, my only failing grade being my crippling timidity around girls. That was until Sam transferred into my school and, by some twist of fate, became my desk mate and a guest in my home. Sam is my complete opposite—confident, and effortlessly at ease with everyone, especially women. Under his wing, I start to shed my awkwardness
Laurie is invited to a school reunion, driving five hours to his childhood village to meet people he has not seen for forty years. A homage to Laurie Lee's eponymous book, where the real Slad becomes a fictitious Crawedon. When life is ruptured and swings in a new direction, can one ever go back?
Robert and Megan are a married couple with healthy outside interests. Megan is happy she has her all-girl bridge club, and Robert is happy with his stripper. What more could a modern couple want?