"Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins."
As Salamanca Hiddle travels cross-country with her eccentric
grandparents, she tells them the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who met a
"potential lunatic" and whose mother disappeared. Beneath Phoebe's story
is Salamanca's own: Her mother left for Idaho, and although she promised
to return, she has not. Sal hopes to bring her mother home, despite her
father's warning that she is "fishing in the air."
This novel is in turns funny, mysterious and touching, as Salamanca
comes to a new understanding of aspects of her life.