Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographe, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. Two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Fiona and her friend Yale struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster. National Book Award Finalist