A classic tale of brotherly love and rivalry from short story master Tobias Wolff
Pete has always been successful. Happily married with two daughters he lives a comfortable life in Santa Cruz. Pete is a practical hardworking man and he enjoys life?s monetary pleasures.
His younger brother Donald is a gaunt troubled man. Unmarried and without children Donald earns what little money he has by occasionally painting houses. He?s a religious man unlike Pete and has spent several years as a member of various Christian groups.
When Pete receives a call from Donald telling him that that his most recent religious commune has failed Pete decides to pick him up? a trip that will test the limits of the brothers? relationship.