When a baby shows up on the doorstep of Whits End the place becomes a flurry of splattered food dirty diapers and talking sockpuppets Eugene wants to study the childs behavior in the name of science And Dylan and Connie can only laugh at his hilarious attempts at childcare But the babys short history catches up to him and the events that follow turn Eugenes world upsidedown Eugene must decide which is more valuablethe advance of science or a life made in the image of God