At the behest of his sister, Otto Ringling finds himself reluctantly accompanying her guru, an enigmatic Mongolian monk, on a trip through Middle America to their childhood home, introducing his passenger to some American "fun" along the way.
A novel about family, open-minded spirituality, and the American road. Facing one of life's greatest challenges, Otto Ringling takes comfort in a loving family and offbeat lessons from the eccentric spiritual teacher, Volya Rinpoche.