In this enchanted, lucidly written novel, a love story unfolds between an older woman (who is slightly insane) and a young man who believes in raw diets and human kindness. The woman believes she is the disease; he is the cure. They both seem to know this, and be fine with it. Her life since knowing the young man is happier, although she has inner struggles about the meaning of life, and the meaning of love, and who she is, and who she could be. In a friendship or any relationship, what is it to open, or close, or remain open? How can love transform us? Take a journey with these two unusual, unsuspecting and unexpected people, and be surprised and enthralled by what they experience, what they want from each other, and what they strive for, through each other.