This story covers the author's journey from the time she fell into a coma and woke up totally deaf, through her surgery to get an "electronic ear" (more correctly called a cochlear implant) and the ongoing effort to learn how to use it to hear again. There are many problems with substitute hearing, but they do fade--like background noise--to a place of lesser importance. Electronic hearing may not be perfect, but it's a whole lot better than no hearing at all.

Three women. Three secrets. Placed together on a marketing team created to promote a new computer for school use, these three face far more than company business. From the beginning, team leader Yael Lewis sparks internal warfare over power and territory; new hire Kelly Townsend struggles to survive; and administrative assistant Megan Sanger lobbies for peace. Over time, these three watch their work lives bind their personal lives closer together as they recognize one another's gifts and shared need for friendship. Ultimately, love and ambition collide when they encounter prejudice, betrayal...

This novel travels through a year with two adopted teenagers-one white and the other part black-as they search for their biological roots and for themselves. They're brother and sister with different quests, yet they grow together while exploring who they 'really' are and want to become. Ultimately, we hope they learn to accept the genetic traits they were given, add features of their own choosing, and blend the mix to create the individuals they want to be. However, we also know that growing up seldom happens as planned.