In rural east Texas in 1987, several country-dwellers live their lives without catching much attention from the outside world. Tori, an eight-year-old girl with a love for the outdoors, is oblivious to the impoverished circumstances surrounding her existence. Her best friend, Sam, tries his best just to keep up with her. Her mother, Jenny, is at the mercy of her own mind and an illness that claimed the life of her own mother. Beth and Harvey are unfriendly neighbors and occasionally even foes. Sam's father, Marcus, is a widower attempting to overcome his demons while dealing with the struggles associated with being a single parent. Set in the backwoods of east Texas in the dog-days of summer, adversity brings them all together as they attempt to overlook the day-to-day struggles plaguing their lives and find out what life truly has to offer them.