Its 1969 & the times are changing. America is about to land a man on the moon the Vietnamese war is in full swing & racial tension is on the rise. Things just arent as simple as they used to be
- at least not for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife has left him with his teenage son his job is under threat & his mother is dying. Suddenly into his confused life
- & home
- comes Jill an eighteen-year-old runaway who becomes his lover. But when she invites her friend to stay a young black radical named Skeeter the pairs fragile harmony soon begins to fail.