Kevin Elcott likes to think he''s on the right track to success: influential position, attractive and uber-competent female friend Felicity, and career prospects. When his mother asks him to put family responsibilities above his own desires and plans, he steps, fully resistant, into a new life. Will he find a way out of his promise to his mother? What will it mean to him and the others in his life?

Kevin Elcott likes to think he''s on the right track to success: influential position, attractive and uber-competent female friend Felicity, and career prospects. When his mother asks him to put family responsibilities above his own desires and plans, he steps, fully resistant, into a new life. Will he find a way out of his promise to his mother? What will it mean to him and the others in his life?