When his marriage and carrer fall apart, a young lawyer sets out a desperate mission to recapture the promise of his youth. His attempt leaves him standed between a past he no longer recognizes and a life that's no longer his, and he soon begins to suspect that the surest path to happiness lies in simply giving up. Losing is What Matters is a moving, tragicomic novel about defeat, memory, and the seductive prospect of losing it all.