Past and present collide as Jake, Joanie, Randy and their friends seek to repair the mistakes their parents made without committing even bigger ones themselves. Their vision of a world free of violence and lies urges them on while old prejudices close in on their home town. A memorial sculpture believed lost is recovered, promising to bring the town together, yet a charismatic pastor immediately sets about to destroy it. A Viet Nam vet returns to honor a local hero, but carries with him a shocking secret. An escaped felon risks everything to reconcile with his wife and son, only to lose them both. Amid it all, two boys fall in love in a time and place that denies them hope and threatens their very lives.