Groundwood, Toronto, 2006, 2^nd ed.  ISBN 0-88899-502-4 / 978-0-88899-502-5.  MMPB, 173 pages.  Very good; very light edge and cover wear, binding tight; interior clean and unmarked, gently read.  ‘Kicked out of his house, sleeping on the street, Laker Wyatt meets eighty-three-year-old Henry Olsen, a lonely widower with family troubles of his own – a bossy, interfering daughter, and a lushly beautiful granddaughter, Charlene, with whom Henry admits he “doesn’t always get things right.”  Eventually, Laker’s stay with Henry leads him not only to the revelation of a long-kept secret, but to a deeper understanding of the mysteries and difficulties of love.’ (from rear wrap)