In this adult debut novel, Morris Warner is withering away. After the sudden death of his husband, Fred, he has shut himself off from the world. Jade is drying out. Literally. As a plant in Morris home, she and her plant housemates have been slowly wasting away, leaf by falling leaf, since Freds death and Morris lack of care. She needs to come up with a plan to make her new owner come back to life, no matter what it takes.