The heartfelt book about a young woman who is excited to begin her life as a veterinary student. Philomena has her entire future ahead of her until a fateful doctor's appointment stops her in her tracks and sends her world into a spiral. Gone are her plans for her future with her husband, now she's faced with a new journey. A journey where she must face her mortality at an age that so few do. She has to find acceptance and learn how to move forward knowing her future may be cut short. During this journey she makes a decision that will define her legacy and live on long past her. She buys a zoo to keep her mind off of her fear of the unknown. She helps save the animals who are in desperate need of love and care and they in turn save her. She is shown that what time she has left still has a purpose; a purpose among the animals.