Naturally, that’s when his phone rings.

His niece, Cecily (the real love of Tom’s life, as his boyfriend reminded him when moving out), is caught up in a Title IX investigation at the college where she teaches, and his sister Dorothy is planning to invest her net worth in a retreat center with a “famous” wellness guru. Oh, and after thirty-four years, Dorothy now wants to reveal the identity of Cecily’s father.

Tom does what he always does - answers the call. And therein lies either the beauty or dysfunction, (or perhaps both) of the sometimes too-tight ties that bind families together.