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

I wanted to disown my father. It was time to erase a blood-bond between us. A last name could easily be changed. There was no longer a connection between us that I found valuable. I had to leave the cabin, and soon. In the meantime, I turned into an unloving monster—for my mother’s sake—and treated Isaac like shit. When he spoke to me, I swore at him. When he tried to treat me well, I barked vulgar names at him. I yelled: My life will be better without you! My mother should have left you before she did! You’re not my father! I don’t know who you are!I have lost nothing, nothing at all—honestly.


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