Nora Ward's treatment gives her back a future. At twenty-four, she can work, swim, fall in love, and make plans that reach beyond her illness. But the living system keeping her well requires an environment her father's home cannot provide.
Daniel has spent his life maintaining other people's buildings. To be close to Nora again, he must decide how much of his own life he is willing to rebuild.
As a new generation of treatment draws investment away from Nora's community, father and daughter face choices neither can make for the other.
