After retiring from his career in construction and trying to cope with the death of his wife, Isaac York experiences an infatuation for a lifelong male friend and discovers his world fills with sunflowers and a risqué transition. Isaac moves to Lake Samoy in search of a new life, to abandon his past, and to start a fresh relationship with a famous and sexy man named Nebraska Close, whom he falls head over heals for.<br><br>Nebraska Close, a professional photographer who is drawn to summer nights and a younger man’s skin, finds pleasure for a second time in his life. Unconditionally he falls for Isaac and mixes together his lust, photography of sunflowers, and homosexual longing.<br><br>Isaac's son, Nicholas, lives at Lake Samoy and doesn't understand his father's lack of interest in his mother's fatal illness. With the help of Nebraska Close, Nicholas confronts his father’s sexuality, and Isaac learns to love his son again.

Nebraska Close

It’s a crush, a strong sense of infatuation, an imaginary liaison with Isaac West. I dream of him, night after night. We go swimming together or take long walks in the woods. We sit in front of the hearth under the same blanket, with our knees touching. I have not loved like this since Rudger. So long ago. What feels like two decades of lost time. It’s so unfair to feel this way, though. An injustice in the City Man’s life because he has his son and separate world. I can’t help being deceptive and falling for him. I’ve told myself not to respond to my pleasure, leaving Isaac alone. How impossible this has become. How cruel. I’m deceiving no one but myself. 


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