This was a fast read - or maybe it just seemed that way because I read it in two sittings. The book opens with Alice Stanhope meeting with her doctor to get the results of some tests - and the news isn't good. She has ovarian cancer and she needs to begin aggressive treatment immediately. The nurse, Kate, makes sure that Alice understands what is involved. She offers to call someone to come be with her. But Alice explains that she only has her teenage daughter, Zoe. Her one sibling is an alcoholic brother who is useless. Kate brings Sonja, a social worker, into the case to find some support for Alice.
As devastated as Alice is by the diagnosis, she is even more worried about Zoe. Zoe suffers from a very severe social anxiety and Alice seems to spend most of her time trying to help Zoe get through life. When Alice ends up in the hospital, she and Zoe get support from unexpected places.
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