When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital.
But when the dark beast that is David\'s addiction emerges once again, almost everything Verghese has come to trust and.
There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from a drug addiction, and the two men begin a Tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security, in the sport they love and in each other.
When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital