The epic tale of love, life, and death in Paulo Coelho's widely famous book demonstrates why each and every moment of our existence is a decision between living and dying. Veronika enjoys the best of everything. She is young and attractive, has many boyfriends, a reliable job, and a devoted family. She is not content, though; something is missing from her life, and one morning she makes the decision to end it. After taking an excessive amount of sleeping medications, she wakes up in the nearby hospital. There, she is informed that her heart has been harmed and she only has a short time left to live.