Noah's compass

Liam Pennywell takes early retirement from teaching fifth grade. He is bothered by the loss of memory of what happened the first night after he moved into his spare, efficient condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour. What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is - well, something quite different.