Joshua James Thorpe is a man of many mistakes, but his best muck up, his true mastperiece, his Mona Lisa of misery, is owed to losing the love of his life, Eliza Smith. As Josh endeavors to win her back, he must confront what it was that drove him from her side in the first place. To say it is a long road ahead is to say it is an even longer road within. If only Josh had a smartphone, or one of those antique papery things they call maps. Alas, directions elude the man at every turn. Moving, funny and remarkably telling to loss and the male psyche, Losing Eliza stands alone as a love story for the times, a self-awakening for the ages.