Ada, a teenager, learns to play violoncello in Madrid's conservatory. In a short stay in Paris she fell in love and when she is back in Spain she can not forget this boy. Although he lives in Madrid, because his profesion he must be out of the counry most of the time. Is this love worth? Love, friendship, a tragic accident in a trip on desert, music and finally how she accidentally got aids are the different fragments of this girl's life. She has to learn to love, to trust on friends and family, to live with an illness, etc..
The story described in a very sensible way will catch the soul of those sensible readers that are beginning to experience the life in new forms. This novel has been 9 times reissued.