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The writing is a 4, the story, more 3/3.5 for me.
I really like the writing in this book and connected immediately to John Nichol, the narrator. John is a drummer who is managing a bar to provide income for his child and ex. He hires a young waitress, Fay and her, Carl, starts hanging around. Fay and Carl have a lot of baggage, and are grieving the death of their father "Taft." John is black and Fay and Carl are white, and race is a theme in the story.
Ultimately this is a story about father's love. John worries about and misses his son who lives with his ex. He starts imagining what Fay and Carl's life was like before their father died.
My quibble is that when John starts imagining the Taft family before the death the transitions are abrupt and often lost me. And, there are times it reads like some strange ESP or voice from beyond. I had to re-read the last few chapters, thinking I missed something.