Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.

The death of a 15-year-old African American boy in Jersey City sets off a police cover-up and a search for the truth.

When they lose their passports, a bickering radio team invents phony reports from a combat zone in a ruse that becomes increasingly complicated.