When passion collides with reason, Isabel, a blind musician who experiences the world in terms of sound through music, meets Theodore, a mute and war-trau- matized soldier, in 1950s England.
She longs to be free from her gilded cage, whispering, <<
He carries the weight of blood and secrecy with him, looking like <>>
Their love grows secretly, painfully, like a confes- sion that must be hidden. But when war>s hidden truth erupts from the ruins, they are faced with a suffering deeper even than love itself:
Can the damned be saved?
Or is love a cruelty more than fate allows before it kills us?
