Too often divorced, discontent with life's compromises, and in a house he hates, eternal romantic Charlie Barnes longs to seize the American dream. When the Great Recession and a cancer scare come along, his troubles seem insurmountable. In this novel by the author of the National Book Award finalist And Then We Came to the End, something eventually goes right: Charlie is granted a second act, and with help from his storyteller son, he seeks his true calling where he least expects it.