The Heart of Everything: A Novel

Thomas, a pianist living in France, is visited by his father Raymond, who died five years ago. Raymond is not a ghost in the traditional sense but appears real enough to make a request: that Thomas travel with him to San Francisco to find Camille, Raymond's long-lost love. For Thomas, the situation is surreal. Yet it offers him an unexpected opportunity to know his father as a person and to address past regrets. Together they undertake a five-thousand-mile journey that explores the nature of existence and demonstrates that love persists beyond death, rekindling the bond between parent and child that transcends mortality. The novel examines themes of love, loss, memory, and family.