Two strangers--generations and oceans apart--have a chance to save each other in this moving and suspenseful novel about family secrets and the ineffable connections that attach us.
In a small Northern Italian village, nine-year-old Luca Taviano catches a stubborn cold and is subsequently diagnosed with leukemia.
His only hope for survival is a bone marrow transplant.
After an exhaustive search, a match turns up three thousand miles away in the form of a most unlikely donor: Jose.