Jesse Fisher, 35, is newly single and dissatisfied with his job, and he fears that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he burys his face in a book, life continues to pull Jesse back. Jesse is ecstatic when his favorite college professor invites him to speak at his retirement dinner. He expects the nostalgia of dining halls and dorm rooms, parties and poetry seminars; what he doesn't expect is Zibby, a beautiful, precocious, classical-music-loving sophomore. Zibby reawakens Jesse's long-dormant, terrifying, and exciting feelings of possibility and connection.
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Jesse Fisher, 35, is newly single and dissatisfied with his job, and he fears that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he burys his face in a book, life continues to pull Jesse back. Jesse is ecstatic when his favorite college professor invites him to speak at his retirement dinner. He expects the nostalgia of dining halls and dorm rooms, parties and poetry seminars; what he doesn't expect is Zibby, a beautiful, precocious, classical-music-loving sophomore. Zibby reawakens Jesse's long-dormant, terrifying, and exciting feelings of possibility and connection.
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