When his marriage and career fall apart, a young lawyer sets out on a desperate mission to recapture the promise of his youth. His attempt leaves him stranded between a past he no longer recognizes and a life that s no longer his, and he soon begins to suspect that the surest path to happiness lies in simply giving up. "Losing Is What Matters" is a moving, tragicomic novel about defeat, memory, and the seductive prospect of losing it all."