Michael Downing's heart-warming fourth novel is a "hilariously sweet take on the woes and joys of parenthood...and how it feels to be a boy who doesn't quite fit into the roles society has prepared for him." - Booklist

Sam and Ed are living the good life: happy, healthy, devoted to each other and their careers, they have no yearning for the joyful mysteries of parenthood. But when eleven-year-old Scot's mother suddenly dies, the couple is determined to make good on a wine-soaked promise made years before. They hang a tire swing in the back yard and call the neighbourhood school to arrange enrolment. Scot arrives just in time to start fifth grade-with a pair of lacy white socks in his duffel bag. With wry dialogue, frothy characters, and an offbeat plot, Michael Downing's mastery reaches new heights of brilliance in Breakfast with Scot.