Janey is on vacation with her brother, Jim, mother, Kate, and father Ed, at their beach house. Ed and Kate (on the verge of divorce) sit around in the back yard all day drinking whiskey and Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boatee who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye. In response to his wifes problem drinking and recurring infidelity, Ed turns to alcohol, ignoring his children almost as much as his wife. While Janey is in the trees seducing Cady, tragedy occurs...