What a wonderful spiritual adventure story this is. Adam Baker, an ecofarming consultant, is divorced, lonely, estranged from his family...Totally miserable. Walking on a deserted beach, he meets 'Selph', a precocious, overweight, wisecracking, sloppily dressed teenager, who appears out of nowhere and claims to be hs long-sought spiritual teacher. Wanting to get Adam's attention, Selph brings a long-dead seabird back to life. Thus begins this funny, insighful, dramatic, and fast-paced adventure about the meaning of life.