All fourteenyearold Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family Yet as another Mississippi summer begins his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and hes left to burn the days caring for his half brother Fess As the deep days and nights pass without her return and with older brother Lucas dangerously in their lives again Robbie must face the fact that his dream of a family may only be a dream and he might just lose the only family hes ever had Fess