A famous children's books author brings his family to the Hamptons for the Summer in the hopes of putting their recent tragedy behind them and to rekindle a new romance with his wife. When infidelity and lingering loss fail to dissipate the couple drifts even further apart. The author hires a young, bright assistant to assist him in his work, but the assistant starts a torrid affair with the writer's wife igniting a new round of hurt and suffering.