Seeking solitude after a personal tragedy upends his world, American-born artist Chris, travels to his mother's homeland, Jamaica, in a bid to find peace. He expects to spend his time painting in solitude, coming to terms with his loss and the fractured relationship with his father. Instead, he discovers a new extended and complicated "family" with their own startling stories, including a love triangle. The people he meets help him to heal and he supports them in unexpected ways, through his art. Told from different points of view, this compelling novel about unlikely love, friendship, and community, with several surprises along the way, takes place against the backdrop of rural Jamaica, New York City and Paris.