When Altons ageing blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him he agrees. After all its better than a crappy summer job in the local shopping mall & Altons mother thinks it might secure their way to a good inheritance sometime in the future. But like all apparently casual choices in any of Louis Sachars wonderful books this choice soon turns out to be a lot more complex than Alton could ever have imagined. As his relationship with his uncle develops & he meets the very attractive Toni deeply buried secrets are uncovered & a romance that spans decades is finally brought to conclusion. Altons mother is in for a surprise!