The first chapter, Heart-Chilling Empathy, deals with themes of homelessness, homesickness, societal support and preventable diseases like polio myelitis.
The second chapter throws light on painful life in highly modern city. The narrator themes of love, loss and poverty and hatred are ubiquitous. And also emphasizes the fact that life goes on despite the pain of a chronic disease.
The third chapter is a sudden realization that the youthful years and the decisions made then have profound and sometimes painful effects on old age.
The final story is that of personal growth and the sickness dealt with is of a more abstract nature. The narrator slowly becomes a better person as the book evolves.
The author writes under the pseudonym of Frossya, travels and aspires to make people think a little bit more by reading her works.