It was the beginning of my second new life, in a city with its own twist—a wilder orbit within the calm blue-green vortex of the earth. New York was unreceptive to the hopelessness and lost purpose that lurked in lesser places. Meet Bobby, Jonathan, and Clare. Three friends, three lovers, three ordinary people trying to find their place in the harsh and uncompromising world of the 1970s and 1980s. As our trio forges a new kind of relationship and explores a new approach to family and love, they ask many questions about the world around them, hoping to create a space and a home to live in.