Jon is a good man in a bad world. As a civil servant for the British government in London, he must act immorally on a daily basis. To escape his alienation, he writes love letters on behalf of single women. One of them is Meg, who is currently recovering from her alcohol addiction. Enchanted by his handwriting and words, she seeks out Jon in the midst of the bustling metropolis. Does true love really exist, the kind that is genuinely sweet because it takes the other person—his wounds, his loneliness—seriously? In her moving and quirky-funny novel, A.L. Kennedy explores how true feelings are still possible in our narcissistic times.