"Hal Wiens, a retired professor, is mourning the sudden death of his loving wife, Yo. One snowy April morning he sees a tall man in an orange downfill jacket walk past on the sidewalk. It's his beloved oldest son, Gabriel. But it can't be--Gabriel killed himself 25 years ago. The sighting throws Hal's inert life into tumult. While trying to track down the man, he is irresistibly compelled to revisit the diaries, journals and pictures Gabe left behind, to unfold the mystery of his son's death"--www.amazon.ca.