After serving time in prison for attempted murder of the man who caused his wife's death, hard-luck loser Lonnie comes home to find that all of his belongings have been sold and his two boys have been given to strangers to raise. He sets out across the country to find them and possibly to find himself.

"Lonnie's getting out. After four years in prison. Now he wants to find the man who wrecked his life. Now he wants to find his sons ... and love again."