Within these pages lie the stories of bitter Jed and his goody-two-shoes brother Prescott. Jed might really hate Prescott were it not for the fact that his brother is so innocent, so honest, and so tragically dead. As Jed confides in his counselor Johanna, his stories of Prescott's life--sometimes humorous, sometimes pathetic--propel him through his guilt and anger. On the other side of Jed's cynicism, healing awaits.