Plot introduction
Abandonedbyhisfatherattheageoffiveandraisedinnearisolationbyaloving,yetemotionallyunstableandover-protectivemother,theonlylifePeelMunterhaseverknowniswithintheconfinesofhischildhoodhome.Uponhismother’sunexpecteddeath,30-year-oldPeelisleftlostandutterlyalone.Withnojob,family,orfriends,hemustmakeachoice;liveashismotherdid,lonelyandunsettled,orchangethecourseofhisimpendingfatebybreakingoutintotheunknown,facingthetrialsandtribulationsofanoutsideworldhedoesn’tunderstand.Unabletomakethehousepayments,Peeldecidestotakeinacoupleofdriftersasroommates.Afterforgingwhatseemstobeaburgeoningnewfamilyandbrotherhood,oneoftheroommatesbetraysPeel’strust,compellingPeeltoventureoutinsearchofhislong-lost,realbrotherswhohadbeentakenawayfromhimdecadesago.Alongtheway,Peel’slackofcynicismandinnocencehasaninadvertent,yetpowerfuleffectonthosehemeets,ashebringsagroupofmarginalizedmisfitsclosertotheirtruehome.
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