In late-1970s Ireland, 16-year-old American James Powers is feeling bereft and lost after his mother dies and he is sent to live with his three Irish aunts. Displaced and depressed, he longs for a way to return to America. One lucky weekend in London, James discovers pornography and, desperate for cash, he decides to sell porno mags back in Ireland. His success spreads wildly. After finding a possible way home, he must decide where home really is, and finds that one's place in the world is all a state of mind.