Bryce Walters

As boys, Dick, Joe, and Benny Mahoney wanted to be Heroes. But disaster struck and their family was never the same. Now grown up and recently paroled, Dick decides to reconnect once more with his brothers before leaving the country for good. Their parents long gone, Joe runs the family business, and takes care of the emotionally damaged Benny. They come together remembering the good times, but Dick sees his brothers drowning in their routine. Joe visits the same comic store every week, only to freeze up when the cute cashier flirts with him. Benny medicates, watching cartoons around the clock except to visit his psychiatrist where the other patients are his only friends. Knowing they want to make a difference in their community, Dick pushes his brothers to discover what it means to be the change you want to see in the world-- and become

クリスのアラスカでの生活と、アラスカに至るまでの道中、妹のナレーションが交互に挟まれる構成である。 裕福な家庭に生まれ、物質的に恵まれた環境で育ったクリス・マッキャンドレスは、エモリー大学を優秀な成績で卒業する。両親はハーバードのロースクールに進学することを望んでいたが、幼い頃から不和を見せつけられ、金で物ばかりを与えようとする両親に嫌気が差していたクリスは、学資預金を全額寄付し、世界の真理を求めアラスカへと旅に出る。