When Dorrit Wegner Turned Fifty, the Government Transferred Her to a State-Of-The-Art Facility Where She Can Live Out Her Days in Comfort. Her Apartment is Furnished to Her Tastes, Her Meals Expertly Served, and All at the Very Reasonable Non-Negotiable Price of One Cardiopulmonary System. Once an Outsider Without Family, Derided by a Society Bent on Productivity, Dorrit Finds Within the Unit the Company of Kindred Spirits and a Dignity Conferred by 'Use' in Medical Tests. but When Dorrit Also Finds Love, Her Peaceful Submission is Blown Apart and She Must Fight to Escape Before Her 'Final Donation'.