Increasingly alienated from his widowed father, Vernon joins his friends in ridiculing the neighborhood outcasts'Maxine, an alcoholic prone to outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. But when a social service agency tries to put Ronald into a special home, Vernon fights...
Vernon and his friends often ridicule alcoholic Maxine and her mentally disabled son Ronald. When the social service tries to put Ronald into a special home, Vernon finds himself fighting to help keep Maxine and her son together.
As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, an alcoholic and her retarded son.