This Moving Novel Sweeps From South Africa To London To Los Angeles From One Woman'S Struggle To Become A Surgeon To The Other'S Rise In The Fast Track Of Big Business .....Through All The Challenges That Life Presents. It Is The Story Of A Friendship That Spans 30 Years Of Two Unlikely Friends One Black And A Child Of Poverty The Other White And A Child Of Privilege And How Politics Ambition Success And Failure Teach Each About The Other'S Perception Of Reality.