Love. Medicine. Terrorism. Boston. Harry's internship at a prestigious academic hospital starts out disastrously as he commits one medical error after another. At the same time, his friends and family desert and betray him. As he descends into a state of disgrace and humiliation, his friendship with Lillian, a young woman with advanced-stage breast cancer, is his only refuge. Despite her flaws, Lillian has the courage to confront the prospect of experimental salvage therapies and the anonymous nature of modern medical care.

As Harry and Lillian fall helplessly in love, the specter of terrorism raises its head, along with the threat of social norms and their own insecurities. Will the couple manage to rise above their circumstances and start a new and fulfilling life together? Gripping, intense, and deeply emotional, this dramatic novel will touch every reader's heart.