Harry Parker is a good man. He knows this because his best friend Walter tells him as much as they lie staring at the stars one autumnal evening in 1910. But Harry struggles to reconcile Walter's compliment with the world he sees; a world that leaves him feeling constantly uncomfortable and uncertain. A gentle, loyal and book-loving young man, Harry is bewildered by his enigmatic mother, left cold by his pious, hard-working father and in awe of the best friend that he feels unable to live up to or live without. With his friends around him, Harry finds happiness in the simple things in life -...