Kevin Speer’s wife, Rita, is killed by a hit and run driver in a stolen truck. Months later, Kevin is fired from his job. His reputation is attacked. As the middle-aged statistician stumbles through the days and months that follow, he is presented with possibilities to make a new life to replace what has been lost. He’s always been a food truck lover and there’s a hotdog truck for sale. There appears to be an opportunity for a warming to the distant relationship he has with his mysterious daughter Billie. There’s a disconcerting attraction to Ruthie, a bantering waitress who is not much older than his daughter. Finally, and most confusingly, there’s an opportunity for romance with Millie, a cupcake-baking widow who is convinced she should be in his life. Should Kevin grab hold of any or all of those possibilities, or should he keep holding on to a complicated but familiar grief? He doesn’t know.
Kevin Speer’s wife, Rita, is killed by a hit and run driver in a stolen truck. Months later, Kevin is fired from his job. His reputation is attacked. As the middle-aged statistician stumbles through the days and months that follow, he is presented with possibilities to make a new life to replace what has been lost. He’s always been a food truck lover and there’s a hotdog truck for sale. There appears to be an opportunity for a warming to the distant relationship he has with his mysterious daughter Billie. There’s a disconcerting attraction to Ruthie, a bantering waitress who is not much older than his daughter. Finally, and most confusingly, there’s an opportunity for romance with Millie, a cupcake-baking widow who is convinced she should be in his life. Should Kevin grab hold of any or all of those possibilities, or should he keep holding on to a complicated but familiar grief? He doesn’t know.
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