Losing her father in a school fire that disfigures her face, Sicily is raised by a dynamic aunt who urges her to pursue a normal life, an effort that is influenced by her fiancé, a terrible drunken revelation and an opportunity for a risky full-face transplant.

Alice Gunnersley and Alfie Mack sleep just a few feet apart from one another. They talk for hours every day. And they?ve never seen each other face-to-face. After being in terrible accidents, the two now share the same ward as long-term residents of St. Francis?s Hospital. Although they don?t get off to the best start, the close quarters (and Alfie?s persistence to befriend everyone he meets) brings them closer together. Pretty soon no one can make...