One evening in 1980, ICU Nurse Maryann Foster walked into a patient room expecting nothing out of the ordinary. What she found on the other side of the door, however, changed her life forever. A love story, a tragedy - and, most importantly, the truth, Joel: A Memoir of a Love constructs an intricate web around the concept of unconditional love and asks the question "What would we do for those we love if we knew that tomorrow was not guaranteed?" A journey well worth the wait, Maryann's story is one for all of us.