“What is real? It’s what you are, not what others make you.” Twenty-four-year-old Veronika isn’t pleased with her life. Not to say that she doesn’t have an overall desired life. She’s young, attractive, and well loved, but something is missing. And on November 11, 1997, Veronika decides to die. Taking a handful of sleeping pills, though, does not do the trick, and she wakes up at a local mental hospital with severe damage to her heart. Although she made it through her suicide attempt, her heart is so damaged that she only has a few days to live. It is in those days that Veronika really decides to live for the first time.