From the start, we are given a detailed account of what kind of a person Tad was and how he spent his teenage years. Starting with his early life struggles to his career development, the book unfolds the drastic and misfortunate events that put his life on hold. From that moment on, the readers get to share his struggles and feelings of hopelessness and of the terrible despair that is brought upon him by his accident. The book is built upon a series of unexpected and unwelcoming events that illuminate the agonizing injustices of life.