Love, loss and redemption are common threads in the colorful tapestry of human experience. Part crazy quilt, part magic carpet, this book is filled with characters who sound like someone you know - especially if you've ever worked in a restaurant, in health care, or in the music industry. Sam and Mimi Killian are newlyweds looking for a restaurant to purchase. Jake and Julie Reston's marriage is as fickle as Sam's ability to stay sober. Is it Dr. Reston's desire to leave medicine and hit the road with his jazz band that's causing the rift at home, or is it wife Julie's conservative, status-conscious nature that pushes her to seek a more compatible partner? Do Mimi and Sam come to terms with his mistress in the bottle, or does the dream die with Sam's next shot? Strap yourself in and take the A-ticket ride with an assorted cast of funny, flawed and lovable fellow travelers on their journey to... well, you'll see.