The author tells the story of losing her father and finding the love of her life in this profound meditation on grief and joy. Eighteen months before her beloved father died, Kathryn met Casey, the woman who would become her wife. The book weaves together their love story with Kathryn's story of losing her father in an exploration of the way families are lost and found and the ways life dispenses wretchedness and suffering, beauty and grandeur all at once.