Bookseller Vivien Barner is on the verge of achieving her goal: an anonymous organ donor has agreed to give her the life-saving kidney she needs. But just minutes before the operation, she learns that he has changed his mind. She is devastated. Yet giving up is not an option for her. Encouraged by Walter, a fatherly friend she meets at dialysis, Vivien decides to find out who the anonymous donor is and why he has gone back on his decision.