A former philosophy professor contemplating suicide after his wife's death is unexpectedly drawn into the lives of others—including a seventeen-year-old waitress named Grace—while discovering his late wife had arranged a sabbatical for him to process his grief through the intellectual work she knew he'd need. Through these connections and his growing list of "things he loved," David finds that meaning comes not from philosophical answers but from the ongoing choice to engage with life's questions and relationships.
A former philosophy professor contemplating suicide after his wife's death is unexpectedly drawn into the lives of others—including a seventeen-year-old waitress named Grace—while discovering his late wife had arranged a sabbatical for him to process his grief through the intellectual work she kn...