Zachary Unger

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.