A young man, Kevin, moves out of his parents' home for the first time, living with friends and falling in love with a young woman he's afraid to pursue. Dermot, in his thirties, is bound for Los Angeles and a glamorous new job for which he's far from qualified. Joe, a pensioner, lives in a care home where meals are the big event - until he receives a mysterious package from a long-ago neighbour. The characters' stories are linked in small, teasing references, but also through deeper symmetries concerning fate, life chances, missed opportunities and the ineffability of the everyday.