Oliver Watson's world suddenly dissolves around**him when Sarah his wife of eighteen years, returns**to Harvard to get her master's degree. Oliver is**left on his own, with three children and a freedom**he never wanted and doesn't completely understand.**His family's needs and demands suddenly consume**his life.
When Oliver's mother is**diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease and dies soon**thereafter, Oliver's father's life is changed as**well. Braver than his son with less of a future**before him, George Watson, at seventy-two, quickly**embraces new relationships and, eventually, a new**life. The sudden changes come as a shock to both**father and son.
Ben, Oliver's oldest**son, rejects his father and reaches outward, under**the illusion that he is grown-up and can make it**on his own. Melissa, the middle child, blames**Oliver for her mother's desertion. And Sam, the**"baby," is too shaken to deal with it at all.**Now the only parent, Daddy must**somehow cope this, his troubled family and**explore a world of new responsibilities, new women, and**new experiences. Each of the three men must start**a new life: Oliver in New York and then in Los**Angeles with his children, once he faces the**biggest change in his life; his widowed father with the**woman next door; and seventeen-year-old Ben with**his girlfriend and baby. Nothing is as it was**before... nothing is as they once thought it would**be. But in the end, different is better...**different is more... for each of them--and especially**for Daddy.
