How far would you go to be with the people you love—even after they’re gone? When Sam’s dad dies in a car accident, he’s shuttled off to the dusty town of Holler, Oklahoma, to live with a long-lost aunt. He misses everything about the way things used to be—the Louisiana swamp he grew up on, the warm cans of Orange Crush he used to drink, and especially, the stories Pa used to tell him. Once he arrives in Holler, though, he encounters a mysterious mangy cat who leads him to an unassuming tree—a portal through which Sam can revisit his old life for a few minutes at a time and be with Pa once more. Sam’s visit to the bayou become stranger and stranger. Pa’s old stories unfold around him in beautiful but sinister detail, and Pa is not quite himself. Still, Sam is desperate to find a way for them to stay together—until he learns the bittersweet lesson that sometimes loving someone means having to say goodbye.