The Sunken Living Room by David Caudle

SYNOPSIS:
A November night in Miami, 1978. His air line pilot father is off on a trip. His mother is out playing bridge. 16-year-old Wade dutifully does his homework and holds down the fort. Then, his 17-year-old brother shows up in the throes of another drug binge, and his brother's girlfriend tries to seduce him. Wade's ordinary duties escalate to a comically heartbreaking struggle to keep his showpiece living room clean-- and his family together-- as the world around them changes.

Character Breakdown:

WADE, 16. A scrawny, naive bookworm who is not yet aware that he's gay.

LYNNETTE, early 40s. Wade's attractive but distracted mother.

CHIP, 17. Wade's sexy, athletic, volatile brother.

TAMMY, 17. Chip's sexually-experienced pothead girlfriend.