Now Dustin has been in a diving accident, and Ben and Lyle must go to him. For Ben, the journey brings the chance to face his long-absent mother, and to confront Dustin, an elusive figure he has alternately worshiped and resented, whose soul is more troubled than Ben can understand.

In a first-person narrative addressed to his stepbrother, this is the story of Ben's struggle to decide for himself the meaning of family and home, and to understand the loss of the people he loves. It is also the story of the difficult choices and complicated relationships that make up