Adam Ferro, a young salesman that just learned he has cancer. Under the advice of his therapist, he chooses to take the opportunity to do the number one thing on his bucket list- write a novel.He creates a character also named Adam, who is everything that he is not. He's smooth and smart and great at everything. Great things happen to him. Not so with the real Adam.Both Adams eventually have tragedies punctuate their stories, with a hopeful twinge about "living their remission to the fullest."