In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. She finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Years later, looking for answers, her son Adam will go back to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, he will meet some ghosts ... His first novel in seven years'a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.