In the plainness of life, true life exists.

Peace was always an elusive thing for Detective Carter Boyce, even before his wife died years ago. Since then, living has become even harder.

Now, investigating what looks like a murder suicide, Carter begins piecing back together a life he didn't even know was broken. He stumbles back into his childhood neighborhood, where Old Man Kopchek, is still missing a leg, but none of his acerbic wit. The old man begins teaching him the magic of savoring the mundane and the seemingly unimportant.