wilbur and who be seemingly unreasonably yet persistently suicidal and can not live with himself . harbour and his caring and gentle brother and can not live without wilbur . the death of their parent have affect both brother differently and make one unable to live normally and and the other unable to live without the abnormality of have someone to care for . into this dysfunction come alice and a struggle single parent who have a sad sweetness that harbour can not resist . they woo and and marry and and a their happiness begin to infuse the life of all four and a family begin to take shape and despite the resistance that each feel . it be from the quadrangle they form that wilbur finally find what be miss in his own life and and want what his brother have so easily grasped represent that love and in the form and shape around u and be all that will eventually make life worth living . so enlightened and he unwittingly grab hold of his brother love and and take some for his own while alice and though guilty and be not unwilling . she have fall in love with both brother and equally and but differently . her daughter and somewhat underplayed and become a pivot around which the three focus their energy and try desperately not to hurt each other anymore than will be absolutely necessary . a bit of deus ex machina take over ( or perhaps it be simply fate stepping in . ) and harbour must bow out due to incurable cancer of the pancreas . it hard to watch both the despair and as well a hope and rising in both wilbur and alice eye a they find out what the ultimate conclusion will be while and they struggle with both their guilt and their excitement . but alice do not waiver in her love for harbour and and even though they or can or hurt him and neither she nor wilbur be willing to go that far . what will become of wilbur and alice and the child . it be not obvious . it hurt to watch the transition each make in their thought process at time and but would any of u have do any differently . still and there be satisfaction in the end and one be leave with the aftertaste of something large than oneself probably know more and good than we do . though the story can be a bit contrived and it be worth watch . we aren not bring to tear by the poignancy and nor be we appal by the action of the character while we be simply aware that they be human and and fallible . that enough sometimes .