Mama loses Cowboy Johnson in the summer and flees to the ranch to hide out with his ashes just before Christmas. Then a huge blizzard stops most of the misfits from traveling home to the desert store for their annual Christmas gathering. But the desert store doesn't stay empty. Arrivals are expected. Second Sighted entrepreneur Timmon, Hector and Annie, who run the store now, await the appearance of the deceased Cowboy Johnson's angry wealthy father, Matthew Mark Judson, who wants to take over the desert store and more. But unexpected guests show up first, beginning with Susan Sugar Diamond and her sidekick Lana English, or is it Lana Ellis? Gorgeous, larger than life, famous author Susan Sugar Diamond was left on the steps of an orphanage at 3 months old. Perry, Matthew's other son, a wanderer who avoids commitments other than business, is with William the Dude and Emma, his famous artist daughter, at their ranch. Mama sneaks out and hitches a ride back to their Monastery with the "Three Magi", Bud, Andy & Ben. An intensely moving and luminous read about a gathering of unusual people who have all reached a crossroad in their lives. All of them will be making new decisions, for better or worse.