One summer day in New York Jonathan Santlofer discovers his wife, Joy, gasping for breath in their living room. After an ambulance race across Manhattan and hours in a hospital waiting room, a doctor delivers the news. Consumed by grief, Jonathan tries to pursue life as he always had, finding it nearly impossible to admit his deep feelings of loss - not even to his beloved daughter, Doria, or to himself. Written with unexpected humor and great warmth, this is a portrait of a marriage, an account of the complexities of finding oneself again after losing your spouse, and a story of the enduring power of familial love.