Patricia Green is a middle-class, middle-aged romance novelist with writer's blo
ck. William Crowney, aka "Cougar", is a teenage runaway who has been surviving l
ife on London's streets as a rent boy. Their lives couldn't be more different.
But when, under extraordinary circumstances, William is invited into Patricia'
s suburban home, they realise they have more in common than loneliness and despe
ration: both have a desire for love. Through a twisted hell of home truths, Will
iam and Patricia slowly begin to understand, even respect, each other. An unlike
ly friendship forms - one that gives both the strength to carry on.
