Hoʻomaopopo ʻia mākou ʻaʻole hiki i ka wā i hala ke uhi ʻia, a uhi ʻia paha, a poina ʻia hoʻi ... ʻO ka mea i hala he mea make ʻaʻole hiki ke kanu ʻia, kahi ʻuhane ʻelemakule hiki ʻole ke hoʻā ʻia.
Inā i loaʻa i ka wā ma mua kēlā mau manawa koʻikoʻi i huli ai nā mea āpau i nā mea pono ʻole. inā ua wāwahi ʻia ka wā kamaliʻi i nā ʻāpana he tausani e nā aka ʻano ʻē o nā mea ʻoi loa o ka ʻoi loa. mai hopohopo, e pau ana kēlā mau hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻeli ʻana iā lākou iho a e hoʻopā i kou kua, me ka ʻike e huli ana ʻoe, ʻae a ʻae paha.
He kaona liʻiliʻi ma Maine ... (nā hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi a Maine i lawe mai ai iaʻu, ka ʻāina o nā ʻuhane mai Stephen King), hehi nā keiki i ka ʻino o ka wā kamaliʻi haʻihaʻi. ʻO ka hala o ka manawa a me ka lele i mua, e like me nā mea mahuka mai Sodoma, makemake wale e lilo i mau kiʻi paʻakai ma mua o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā ʻono o ka wā i hala.
Hoʻāʻo ʻo Jim lāua ʻo Bob e hana i ko lāua ola, mai kahi mea ma mua, me ka hilinaʻi ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke kanu i nā mea i hala, hiki iā lākou ke neʻe aku mai kahi mamao aku o ke kino. ʻO New York ke kūlanakauhale kūpono e hoʻopoina iā ʻoe iho.
Akā, e hoʻi ʻo Jim lāua ʻo Bob. ʻO lākou nā pahele o ka wā i hala, e ʻike mau nei pehea e hoʻōla ai iā ʻoe no kāna kumu ...
Sinopsis: Hoʻoweliweli i ka ulia pōpilikia ʻē aʻe i make ai ko lākou makuakāne, ua mahuka ʻo Jim lāua ʻo Bob i ko lāua ʻāina hānau ma Maine, e waiho ana i ko lāua kaikuahine ʻo Susana ma laila, a noho ma New York ke ʻae ʻia nā makahiki. Akā hoʻoneʻe ʻia ko lākou koena naʻau palupalu ke kāhea ʻo Susana iā lākou e makemake nui i ke kōkua. No laila, hoʻi nā hoahānau Burgess i nā hiʻohiʻona o ko lākou wā kamaliʻi, a me nā haunaele i hoʻokalakupua a uhi i nā pilina ʻohana, hūmau ʻia i mau makahiki, ma kahi ala kūpono ʻole a ʻeha hoʻi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke The Burgess Brothers, ka puke hou na Ua kūlia ʻo Elizabeth, ma aneʻi: