In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries the mechanic, but they soon find out that he's an abusive and unreasoning alcoholic, and they struggle to maintain hope in an impossible situation as the boy grows up with plans to escape the small town by any means possible. Based on a true story by Tobias Wolff.
A middle-aged insomniac lives a pretty basic life except for using cancer support groups weekly to help him sleep until he meets Tyler Durden. Tyler Durden is the absolute opposite of the main character. Together they start an underground fighting club, make soap, out of human fat, to sell to rich people, wreak havoc on the city and terrorize most of everyone around them.