As Noah's single-mother, Janie knows nothing with Noah is ever easy. For Jerome Anderson, life as he knows it has stopped. A deadly diagnosis has made him realize he is approaching the end of his life. Once a shining young star in academia, he threw it all away because of an obsession. He spent his life searching for that something else. And with Noah, he thinks he's found it. Soon Noah, Janie, and Anderson will find themselves knocking on the door of a mother whose son has been missing for eight years - and when that door opens, all of their questions will be answered. A captivating, thought-provoking novel that explores what we regret in the end of our lives and hope for in the beginning, and everything in between.