Gabi Adam writes in a very personal language about how the diagnosis of breast cancer disrupts a family with two small children. Gabi is twenty-nine years old, happily married, and the mother of two young children—one of whom is deaf—when she discovers a lump in her left breast. Her gynecologist recommends a well-known surgeon for the operation. She trusts the good reputation the specialist has in professional circles, the press, and among prominent figures, and ignores her inner voice that is disturbed by his self-satisfied demeanor. This marks the beginning of a marathon of surgeries filled with severe psychological and physical torment, putting the family life to a tough test.