Howard Kapostash has not spoken in thirty years. The small repertory of
gestures and simple sounds that he uses to communicate lead most people
to assume he is disturbed. No one understands that Howard is still the
same man he was before his tragic injury. But when he agrees to help an
old girlfriend by opening his home to her nine-year-old son, the
presence of this nervous, resourceful boy in his life transforms Howard
utterly. He is afforded a rare glimpse of life outside his shell? With
all its exuberant joys and crushing sorrows.