Mama and Jack Carew

Armed with a supply of diet pills and a food-free regimen that includes tearing down a family room wall, 3 am trips to Dulles Airport and blazing, amphetamine-fueled days on the beach, mother and son spend a memorable vacation together

But Beau's weight loss isn't restless Lillian's only project, and in an unguarded moment, she reveals her just-begun affair with a travelling defense contractor, Jack Carew

Once Lillian introduces son and lover, Beau's caught in the oedipal crossfire of a covert and explosive new alliance, forced to cover his Mama's many absences from home

Over the next decade, Jack's repeated pledge to end his own loveless marriage and sweep Lillian away proves a hollow promise

As increasingly beleaguered Beau sacrifices his own independence to help his mother confront her disillusionment and finally, betrayal, parent-child roles are turned upside down

Mama and Jack Carew is a harrowing, oftentimes black-comedic portrait of an unlikely triangle