An abandoned teenage boy navigates the punishing landscapes of the Depression-era rust belt, desperately trying to escape the long shadow of his father... a notoriously violent criminal.

SYNOPSIS:

Edward Mullen, the teenage son of a notoriously violent

bookie, is forced to fend for himself when his father is murdered and his

mother abandons him. Edward travels from town to town in the

Depression-era East Coast looking for work and a place to call home.

Along the way he has run-ins with railroad bums, vicious pig farmers, and

an Italian family on the verge of personal and financial ruin.

Ultimately Edward's trial by fire leads him to a personal revelation in

the stirring and enigmatic conclusion.