Walter Mosley invites his readers to join him in uncovering the mysterious ways the mind works through memory and witness. Mosely, recipient of an O. Henry Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, is one of America’s most versatile and admired writers today.
Sulking, depressed, crazed. Ninety year old Ptolemy Grey has no one to keep him from sinking into his dementia, until his grandnephew dies; at the funeral he meets a fellow loner. Seventeen year old Robyn cannot stand the way Ptolemy has let himself wallow in his own misery. This story is about how they become each other’s family and Robyn helps Ptolemy come to terms with his past, even if that means unlocking secrets that will affect them both.