Children 1976 Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies Hes ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends He seems friendless At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry After his fathers death, theres a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed The lad grieves, alone