How do we face life"s seemingly insurmountable problems? For Stephen Monroe, an unsuccessfully self-employed typesetter still in love with his ex-wife, Mary, the only acceptable thing to do is to hang in there and fight-for love, for what he believes in, and for the voice inside him that"s struggling to be heard. With humor and grace, A LISTENING THING reveals the crumbling world of a talented man finally learning to face himself and the many mistakes he has made. Leaving behind the shabby desolation of his apartment for a weekend visit with Mary at his mother"s home, Stephen finds hope and discovers love is more generous than he"d ever expected.