Joe Andreson and his newly widowed mother move to Minneapolis to live with his aunt and so she can get a job to support the two of them. He feels like the odd man out in his new high school until he shows them his hockey skills. Kristy Casey, head cheerleader, chooses him to be her secret boy-toy while Darva chooses him to be her life-long platonic best friend. While everyone else from high school goes off to college and then to other places to live their lives, Joe goes back to the small grocery where he worked during high school. He may be living a "small life" but he's living a full one. Eventually, as owner of the grocery store, he functions as mayor of that small "town."
Finally, a feel good book. This is for anyone who has questioned if they should have done more with their lives. Big lives and careers don't automatically trump hometown happiness. (I must confess total disgust with a certain hometown actor ever since I saw him on Jay Leno and when questioned about being from St. Louis, he said "oh no, I live in New York", and then went on to talk about how he had to "get out of St. Louis" like anyone else who wanted to accomplish anything. Blah.)
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