Life between wars

In the lobster fishing community of Penscot, the ripples caused by one violent incident build to a virtual tidal wave: teenagers maraud for sex and contraband, a would-be nun seeks a last romance before entering the cloister, a flamboyant painter has frightening and thrilling sexual infatuations, and an eccentric octogenarian is certain he's seen the face of God in his backyard shrubbery. Meanwhile, an ex-lieutenant and his former platoon sergeant warily circle each other, too old to replay ugly rivalries born in Vietnam two decades earlier, but not yet ready to risk forgiveness.