Auden Price, a widowed construction worker, is left to care for Riley, his four-month old daughter. Against the advice of Karen, his overbearing sister-in-law, Auden decides to go it alone. After many failed attempts, Auden finally lands a job renovating the basement of an eccentric university professor, Petra Dell, who allows him to bring Riley to work. But Auden is too wrapped up in his own grief, too inexperienced as a parent, and too used to being alone on a job site to navigate this overwhelming life-changing event. Things only get more confusing when Petra takes advantage of Auden’s vulnerable state and strikes up an awkward romance with him. In the midst of all of this, Karen files for full custody of Riley. Despite being assailed by grief, in an odd romance with his boss and with serious sleep deprivation, Auden must come face to face with his grief, accept his wife’s death and the joy of his daughter’s life if he wants to live in this new world.