Mike is 16 and lives with his perpetually nagging mother in Faintville, a timeless logging town deep in the Canadian woods. He has no father, no friends, not even a favorite food. Essentially, his only dream is to disappear from the world. One day, Mike decides to put an end to this cynical joke that fate has played on him—called life. He places his own obituary and shoots himself in the head. To his great disappointment, he wakes up the next day not in heaven, but in the town hospital. But suddenly, Mike's fortunes take a turn: During a routine check-up, the doctors discover a walnut-sized tumor in his head. Mike can hardly believe his luck and hides the illness to avoid the life-saving surgery. Facing certain death, Mike's perspective on his surroundings changes when he meets the eccentrically charming Miranda, the first being who seems to understand him. And slowly, a completely new, life-affirming desire grows within him…