Whippoorwill Chronicles

<p><strong>Beautiful heartbreaking funny and enlightening.</strong></p><p>Sam and George are childhood friends sharing a deep loyalty that is cemented when George the older by three years saves Sam from drowning. When George decides to enlist during Vietnam and Sam's first sexual experiences lead to a pregnancy the stress and pressures are too much for Sam's mind to process. He breaks and has his first experience of a psychiatric hospital. As he faces the stigma of mental illness his girlfriend Delores is ostracized after having an abortion. The two run away to join a commune.</p><p>When the consequences of their choices unfold Sam faces the frailty of relationships the danger of misplaced emotion and a complete loss of control. Returning home again Sam begins a long journey to regain a sense of what is real what is true and what is his responsibility.</p>