A self-employed tech expert, Micah Mortimer is superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, and he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But in this Booker Prize nominee by the author of Breathing Lessons, one day his routines are blown apart when his "woman friend" tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever.

"Hilarious and poignant…. Tyler never disappoints. This is a wonderful novel."—Boston Globe