When Julius Harris is diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of 55, he sets out to make amends for his past mistakes, most notably leaving a wife and three sons 20 years ago. As he races to reunite the family he once lost, he finds his sons are now men facing trials of their own -- trials that resonate with the impact of their father's abandonment so many years ago. With a compassionate voice that takes inspiration from his personal family history, R.M. Johnson's compelling novel provides a provocative glimpse into the ever-growing problem of absentee fathers as his characters grapple with a subject that will forever be an issue of great complexity and debate: what it means to be a man.