In 1964, Sam was 12 years old. He traveled with his dynamic grandfather, Pop, who is a Casket Salesman. He sells caskets to funeral homes. Sam wants to see a dead person and find out the truth about zombies, instead he learns the keys to life. Pop has an urgent need to tell his stories: Shot down over Germany during WWII, saving the life of his pilot, captivity in a German stalag, Marylyn Monroe, selling pickles, fishing, second loves, forgotten family histories, and ice boats. In order for Pop not to be forgotten, Sam must remember. Immortality is in the stories we tell about our experiences. Those stories are threads in the fabric we call humanity.