When does a boy become a man? For fourteen-year-old Bryn, it begins when as his family suddenly falls apart. When his loser parents break down and disappear, Bryn feels responsible for his younger brother – a budding female impersonator who loves to sing – and his older lesbian sister. Bryn is relieved when their drag queen uncle and his transsexual partner arrive to pull the kids together and take them on the ride of their lives. Stuck between childhood and manhood, Bryn learns a lot about life. What better time to discover that he is gay. Mix this all up with the return of a piratical grandfather, and As I Am is nonstop fun.