A classic of American theater, Frank Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Subject Was Roses is an unblinking exploration of domestic warfare. After serving on active duty in the Army, Timmy Cleary returns home to find his parents are strangers to him and to each other. Long-hidden resentments surface as the tenuous ties that hold the family together begin to unravel and doubt and mistrust threaten to sever any hope for reconciliation.