The end of Elson and Cadence Harding's 30-year marriage is complicated by their adult son's reluctance to pursue a promising career and their daughter's mysterious expulsion from college. A first novel by the Pushcart Prize-winning author of the story collection, The Theory of Light and Matter.
Mitch is a 25-year-old with commitment issues. Leonard is a five-year-old kid with asthma and vision problems, who captivates everyone he meets. Pearl is Leonard's teenage mother, who's trying to hide a violent secret from her past. Life has given Pearl every reason to mistrust people, but circumstances force...