LEWISTON Alice and Connor sit by their roadside stand selling cheap fireworks while developers swallow the land around them. Promised a condo in the new development their future is secure. Enter Marnie Alices longlost granddaughter proposing to buy the land to save her familys legacy. Marnie and Alice will become reacquainted with each others deeply held secrets uncertain pasts and hopeful futures. Hunter a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship recipient explores the emotional frontiers of a family struggling to make a home in the vastness of the American landscape with affection poignancy and a profound sense of empathy.CLARKSTON Jake meets Chris when they are assigned to the same night shift at Costco in Clarkston Washington. Chris has a hard life his mom is a meth addict and living in Clarkston has forced him down a deadend road. He has promise but hes stuck. Jake went to a liberal arts school is gay and out but fled his Connecticut town when he was diagnosed with a fatal illness. Wanting to see the ocean he came to Clarkston but was sidetracked by his illness. He and Chris form an awkward bond both are gay but have led completely different lives. Can they learn to help each other