Logan Mueller is a designer and engineer of high-end lighting and sound systems and a resident of Manhattan. Partially due to his superhuman hearing, he's famous for his work-a little too famous. After six years of constant demands on his time, his career has obliterated his social life, and life in the inner city has depressed him. He finally resolves to move to a rural area, in a more moderate climate, and ends up in the house of his dreams.

The property he buys comes with a granny cottage, and Logan rents it out. The family has four children who are trapped in it when the house starts on fire. Logan pays a life-altering price for rescuing the children, and then the story takes on a life of it's own.

Why do people wonder if he can feed himself? Does screaming at him make it easier for him to hear? Did he really pick up a tube of mentholated muscle rub thinking it was toothpaste? And how did he come to have a different life?

This book covers several types of prejudice, and not all of them are obvious.