It's Christmas, but there's no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. But then tragedy strikes again when his wife Lizzie dies in a car accident and the children are sent to live with family across the country. Just when all seems lost, a miraculous turn of events occurs and Jack begins to recover. Jack reunites his family on the oceanfront of South Carolina, and there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will learn to love again. A moving family drama, unlike anything Baldacci has ever written before, but still the page-turner his fans expect.