A kidney here, a piece of lower intestine there, the residents of the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material are resigned to their fate. Women over the age of fifty and men over sixty - single, childless, and without jobs in progressive industries - are mined for their vital organs in support of the most important members of society. At least, until the day comes for them to make their Final Donation. Despite the ruthless nature of this practice, the ethos of this near-future society and the Unit is to take care of others. New inmate Dorrit finds herself living pleasantly. She discovers her days there to be rather consoling and peaceful. But when she meets a man inside the Unit and falls in love, the extraordinary becomes a reality and life suddenly turns unbearable. Dorrit is faced with compliance or escape, and... well, then what?

Ninni Holmqvist has created an incredible debut novel of humour, sorrow, and rage about love, the close bonds of friendship, and about a cynical, utilitarian way of thinking disguised as care.