In a small Pennsylvania town, a boy grows up where silence drowns out love. His father thunders, his mother drifts, both trapped by devotion that offers judgment instead of grace.
When Evan Warner enters his life, their friendship blooms. Then leukemia steals his friend, leaving grief too vast to carry alone.
Years later, a therapy dog named Jedi teaches his family what they never could: that healing is possible and love can be unconditional.
A luminous memoir of one man's journey from desolation to wholeness, discovering that the home we create matters more than the one we inherit.