On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the alhambra. The past has driven jack sawyer here: his father is gone...On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the alhambra. The past has driven jack sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense.