<i> <i>He was a man who didn't deserve a second chance. But he needed one. </i> </i> Emily and her husband Sandy Portman seemed to live a gracious if busy life in an old-world, Upper West Side apartment in the famous Dakota building.&nbsp But one night on the way to meet Emily, Sandy dies in a tragic accident.&nbsp The funeral isn't even over before Emily learns she is on the verge of being evicted from their apartment.&nbsp But worse than the possibility of losing her home, Emily is stunned when she discovers that her marriage was made up of lies.&nbsp Suddenly Emily is forced on a journey to find out who her husband really was . . . all the while feeling that somehow he isn't really gone.&nbsp Angry, hurt, and sometimes betrayed by loving memories of the man she lost, Emily finds comfort in a scruffy dog named Einstein.&nbsp But is Einstein's seemingly odd determination that she save herself enough to make Emily confront her own past?&nbsp Can he help her find a future-even after she meets a new man?&nbsp