The young men at Westish College know that four years on the baseball diamond are all that remain of their sporting careers. Only gifted fielder, Henry Skrimshander, can keep his dream – and theirs – alive, until a routine throw goes disastrously off course. As a result, the fates of five people are up-ended. This expansive, warm-hearted novel is about ambition and its limits and about commitment – to oneself and to others.