During the winter, a boy and his family learn that the boy's brother died in the Korean War. At the funeral, many people cry, but the grandma does not. She tells the boy that his brother Jerem will live again and will return. The family believes the grandma to be mentally disabled, and the boy is discouraged from believing her. Later, the boy’s uncle tries to buy his brother’s old car. The boy’s father takes him on a hunting trip and he kills a rabbit. The boy asks his father if the family can paint Jerem’s car to surprise him when he returns home. The father scolds him for this belief, reminds him that Jerem is dead, and tells him to forget about Jerem. When they return home from hunting, the boy hides in the shed until his mother calls for him. Later, the uncle buys the family farm, and the boy learns that he and his family are moving to Ohio. The father sells Jerem’s car to some locals and the boy is upset. He tells his mother that he hates his father for selling his brother’s car and asks what Jerem will think when he comes home. The mother reminds him that Jerem is dead and tells the boy that she is pregnant and he might have a new brother on the way. As the family prepares to leave, the grandma tells the boy that Jerem has come home, that she saw him yesterday, and that he is staying with her.