Aging Herb's life with his wife, Susan, is coming undone. Susan now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of endlessly optimistic manicurist Renee. But then Herb and Susan's adult children arrive and Renee's gig with Susan - and her plans for her own life - start to unravel as well. Renee is not the happy, uncomplicated young girl she pretends to be. She is actually named Dee Dee, and she's fleeing a dark past. Herb suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche, and the two take off. As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how as one life is closing down, another opens up.-- Back cover.