Since his parents split, Clare Candle has been a Momma's boy, and now, past thirty, he retraces his path to adulthood, explores his resentment, the struggle to be his own person, and to clarify the dreams that foul his nights. He meets Abby at a Writer's Guild Seminar in Los Angeles and the two connect romantically and through their troubled histories. Kentucky "Ken" Prism, another writer wanna be, disrupts their lives with his raunchy tales and nefarious motives. Love is elusive, old hurts exposed, justice uncertain, and family secrets laid bare, as the nocturnal angst is resolved-with startling revelations.