This coming-of-age novel tells the story of a fatherless young boy's struggle to find his place in the world. Set in the 1980s and early 90s in the south-western coastal area of the United States, the novel is part hanging out, part road trip, and part alternate world. The vehicle for the story is an entity named Jacob who reaches Eric when Eric is quite young and depressed about his mother's sudden departure on a business trip during his birthday...