When Alicia Morgenstern, a retired New York psychologist, wins an abandoned lake house in an Alzheimer's raffle, she has no idea where a simple trip through the Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey will lead her. From the moment she takes a sip from the mysterious steaming cup of espresso she finds on the kitchen table, and meets Violetta Rose (the former occupant of the house), her concepts of reality begin to shift dramatically. Violetta, as a spiritual guide, takes Ali on daily journeys to locations and situations which are recognizable to every reader. In each human situation Ali is taught to shift her perception from her conditioned emotional and intellectual observations to the view from a higher dimension, or what Violetta calls "seeing through God's eyes." During a period of three weeks, not only does Ali learn to appreciate the "human condition," but she discovers who she really is and gains insight into the true nature of existence.