Everything you need to understand or teach The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits.
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits tells the story of Tom, a middle-aged law professor, who sets out on an unplanned cross-country journey after dropping his daughter at college, leaving behind a strained marriage and a life that has begun to unravel. As he travels across the United States, encounters with family, old friends, and figures from his past force him to confront long-buried tensions in his marriage, questions about his career and integrity, and his health. It deals with themes of revisiting the past, imagining the future, and family.