The writer Leo Kaplan, almost forty, almost a millionaire, is an acrobat in adultery. Until things get too much for his wife Hannah. Kaplan must recognize that not only did he forfeit his marriage but also his creativity through his amorous escapades. It is not until a surprising reunion with his teenage sweetheart that be begins to understand how he has become the one he is today. A moving novel about yearning and the search for one's own roots.