Bluehart is the life story of a fictional blues musician, A. J. Bluehart, as told by his daughter, Seven. Her purpose in uncovering her father's story isn't family history; it's to discover the source of his happiness. Bluehart's life is a parade of unlucky surprises, yet at the end he finds contentment; Seven's story, the novel's frame for presenting her father's memories, is an echo thirty years delayed. Can she find her own happiness as her father did?