Tom Wingo, a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his mother, Lila, to travel to New York City to help his twin sister Savannah’s psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein, after Savannah’s latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New York but reluctantly accepts, largely to take the opportunity to be alone and away from a life that does not satisfy him.
During his initial meetings with Lowenstein, Tom is reluctant to disclose many details of their dysfunctional family’s secrets. In flashbacks, he relates incidents from his childhood to Lowenstein in hopes of discovering how to save Savannah’s life. The Wingo parents were an abusive father and a manipulative, status-hungry mother. The father was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful, spent his money on frivolous business pursuits, leaving the family in poverty.
Tom is also torn by his own problems but hides behind what he calls “the Southern way”—laughing at things instead of crying. For example, his wife Sallie is having an affair, and her lover wants to marry her.
Tom and Lowenstein begin to have feelings for each other. After Tom discovers that she is married to Herbert Woodruff, a famous concert violinist, Lowenstein introduces Tom to her son Bernard, who is being groomed to become a musician as well but secretly wants to play football.
Through coaching Bernard and attending sessions with Lowenstein to help his sister, Tom uncovers hidden truths about Savannah’s past and her dissociative state. This leads to a path of recovery and understanding for Savannah.
As Tom navigates his complicated relationships with Lowenstein and his wife, he ultimately makes a decision that brings closure and a sense of fulfillment to his life and those around him.
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