内容简介：
Jerry Leary cries himself to sleep beside his daughteras deathbed. When he awakens, the bed is empty. Jessieas body is gone. In the doorway behind him, a child whispers, aWake up, Daddy. Someone needs you.a Jerry takes the first step of a miraculous journey. Suzy Reily, a homeless woman, mumbles to herself, while her seven-year-old daughter, Jezzie, scavenges the alleys for their next meal. Nothing sustains them but memories and ashes. Sara Peters, a woman with multiple personality syndrome, recounts a childhood tale of poverty and incest. But on the streets, Sara witnesses a ghost of her pastaa ghost that will stir her inner voices to violence. Jerryas, Suzyas, and Saraas pasts are irrevocably intertwined, as are their futures. Only with the help of two childrenaone alive and one in the spirit worldacan they survive their destinies, and salvage their souls.