A hilarious and deeply touching debut novel about a son, the mother who left him as a child, and how his search to uncover the secrets of her life leads him to reclaim his own. Meet samuel andresen-anderson: stalled writ...A hilarious and deeply touching debut novel about a son, the mother who left him as a child, and how his search to uncover the secrets of her life leads him to reclaim his own. Meet samuel andresen-anderson: stalled writer, bored teacher at a local college, obsessive player of an online video game.