Book excerpt: Joe is a bold and crass surgeon, who scoffs at anything above or beyond himself and freely indulges his passionate appetites. Adam is a painfully shy and anxious medical researcher, who seeks security in devout religious practice, but finds little relief from his discomfort. These most unlikely of associates come together in group therapy. Both must confront ghosts from the Holocaust, until they are forever changed, hope is renewed, and a new spirituality is forged.