On an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton --- once a farmer, now the proprietor of a seaside caravan park --- receives the news that his brother Tom, not seen for years, has been killed in combat in Iraq. The news will have its far-reaching effects for Jack and his wife, Ellie, and compel Jack to make a crucial journey: to receive his brother's remains, but also to return to the land of his past and of his most secret, troubling memories. A gripping, hauntingly intimate, and compassionate story that moves toward a fiercely suspenseful climax, WISH YOU WERE HERE translates the stuff of headlines into heartwrenching personal truth.