** spoiler alert ** 
 This book was strangely touching and forced. 
 First the forced: A recovering alcoholic who has lost his son's RV breaks down and his mechanic is going to jail because of a DWI charge and asks him to take his young sons with him on his summer trip. Right. And maybe, if this book was set in a time where neither man would think to doubt the other, I could buy it. But they have cell phones. And digital cameras. And I have a hard time willingly suspending my disbelief that would happen. 
 But the touching: At it's core the story is a touching story about two boys who need hope, and a man who can give that to them while fixing his own life doubts. 
 But when it's all said and done, an 8 year fast forward, hints of reconciling with his ex-wife, and too easily resolved drama with the boys' father makes this story more forced than touching. It had some possibilities, it was not well delivered.