Arthur Byrd

An old man has retreated to the river after losing his wife of many years when his teenage grandson tries to reunite the family. The legacy of the family story and the potency of human connection reveal the catalysts of friendship and family and how old wounds sometimes need support to be resolved. A multi-generational Mississippi family of teenagers coming of age, forty-somethings grappling with life changes, and seasoned survivors wrestling with the vagaries of aging.  Family stories mean more than we realize, and so does the bond of friendship. 

A mid-life mess dumbfounds a Mississippi man stalled in the hometown doldrums of a collapsing marriage and the uncertainty of a missing father. But a beautiful Argentine artist and a new job taking him to post-Katrina New Orleans unlock a world of artsy worldly friends and romance in a journey of self-discovery filled with art, inspiration, and secrets to living a meaningful life. A mutually creative relationship is possible, an iron sculptor's work revealing, and a philosophical maintenance worker's guidance critical as in the family saga Larry struggles to figure out who he is and who he isn't. Sometimes when things fall apart, they fall together again.