Fifty-six-year-old Monroe Colson, a successful children’s book illustrator living in small-town Texas, baffles family and friends when he unceremoniously announces he’s moving to Mexico, ostensibly to paint. But first he tries unsuccessfully to reconcile with his estranged son, a type 1 diabetic. In Mexico the true nature of his mysterious behavior not only comes to light, but takes an unexpected turn when he runs into a vibrant young American woman who has been abandoned, penniless, by her fiancé. This emotionally powerful and often humorous story with its controversial subject matter is a poignant testament to love and the resilience of the human heart as the question is argued throughout: is it noble, or is it selfish to go away to die alone rather than become a burden on family and friends