September 2015. A photo makes news around the globe. It’s of a Syrian toddler facedown in the sand on the Turkish coastline. Lifeless. His name, Aylan.
Two days later, a lifeguard, OSCAR (50, attractive, rugged, toughened by life) and his friend and workmate GERARD (35, tall, strong, kind) are on a plane to the Greek island of Lesbos, where the boy’s family had been heading, ...