Ponyboy is a quest for self-identity set among the art world of Paris and Berlin. Ponyboy's eponymous narrator -a poll-popping,speed-snorting trans-masculine lightning bolt - is caught in a messy love-triangle with Baby and Toni. His relationships crumble until he overdoses alone in his childhood home in Nebraska. In rehab, Ponyboy explores the ways in which trans-identity, addiction and recovery can reforge a bond between mother and child.