Men don't cry? No, men don't cry! But what happens when they do? And in public, no less... Mathias Jeschke and Wiebke Oeser tell a seemingly simple, everyday, and quiet story. It's about a little boy who goes shopping with his mother. About a boy who encounters a dog on a very long leash, an old woman, a stroller, a cyclist, a girl, a quickly emptying clothing rack - and a man whose behavior deviates from the norms that the adult world seems not to notice... or perhaps doesn't want to notice. Unlike the little boy, who wonders why the man has tears in his eyes. An atmospherically intense picture book about compassion, loneliness and security, sorrow and comfort. A picture book that avoids superficiality.