Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.
Дэвис в роли мамаши-ультрасобственницы выкладывается как собака, вцепившаяся в кость, и некоторые могут счесть, что она слегка перебарщивает. Она командует, как старшина, своей семьей из трех сыновей, вырабатывая в них абсолютную бесхребетность.
