Although a young man is accused of drowning a little boy and is placed in juvenile detention, he has little memory of the event. Now, out on parole, he searches for answers that may give a grieving mother closure.

The warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15-year-long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo.

One summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.