Chuck Polanski has been through it all; an abusive childhood, alcoholism, and now, cancer.

His dreams of being a writer have been placed on hold, too, due to his cancer, the side effects now claiming what little concentration and energy he had left. He sits alone in his cramped little apartment, alone, drinking single malt bourbon and chain smoking what's left of his pathetic life away, resigning himself to the fact that his life has finally come full circle now, as a prime example of an ultimate failure.

Then he met Catherine.

A former school librarian, now retired, she has moved into Chuck's building to begin a new chapter in her life.

Before long, this new tenant may just show Chuck how much there really is to live for, even when all seems so hopeless, there might just be a light at the end of that dark tunnel, in the form of true love.