Heeling from the recent death of his invalid mother an exhausted lonely professor comes to our nations capital to escape his previous life. What he finds there ... » 

Heeling from the recent death of his invalid mother an exhausted lonely professor comes to our nations capital to escape his previous life. What he finds there in his handsome solitary landlord in the citys somber mood and sepulchral architecture and in the strange and impassioned letters and journals of Mary Todd Lincoln shows hum unexpected truths about America and loss. As he seeks to engage with the living world around him a challenging student the mother of a dead friend even his landlords neglected dog he comes to realize that his relationship to his grief is very different than he had thought. Heeling from the recent death of his invalid mother an exhausted lonely professor comes to our nations capital to escape his previous life. What he finds there in his handsome solitary landlord in the citys somber mood and sepulchral architecture and in the strange and impassioned letters and journals of Mary Todd Lincoln shows hum unexpected truths about America and loss. As he seeks to engage with the living world around him a challenging student the mother of a dead friend even his landlords neglected dog he comes to realize that his relationship to his grief is very different than he had thought. «