What do you do when the person you love, the person you share a life with, decides things just aren't working for them?That's the dilemma facing John Campbell. As the oldest of Owen and Sarah Campbell's five children, John had long worn and accepted the mantle of responsibility. But five years into his marriage, things fall apart. Through his own actions, the life he has built is in shambles, and John is left trying to figure out what to do with himself.Zanny Franks Campbell loves the family she and John have built with their children. She believes she's happy until the day everything falls apart. In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, she realizes that in order to go forward, she and John have to fix what's broken. But John isn't talking to her, and no matter what she tries, she can't seem to get through to him. To have a future together, they first have to learn to live without each other. And once they start down that road, neither Zanny nor John is certain they'll ever be able to put the pieces back together again.