Fifth of July

Ken and Jed are living in Ken’s family home in Lebanon, Missouri, with Ken now having second thoughts about teaching English at the local high school this coming year. Longtime friend Gwen is heiress to a copper conglomerate who hopes to purchase Ken and Jed’s home, convert it into a recording studio, and kickstart a singing career. June is Ken’s unmarried sister, whose thirteen-year-old daughter Shirley may be John’s real motivation for returning to Missouri, the now married man having been one of June’s lovers a baker’s dozen or so years ago. Sally is Ken and June’s aunt, who has been carrying her late husband’s ashes in a candy box for the past year, prompting nephew and niece to suggest that now might be a good time to scatter them. Weston is stoned throughout the weekend. Oh, and there’s going to be someone’s funeral on the Fifth Of July