"Nicky Malone, a public education flack, hasn't seen ex-boyfriend Tony Boltanski in five years, when a contentious, high-stakes, and slightly nutty nurses' strike brings them together again. Despite their separation and the fact that they're both seeing other people, they still share the same interests; fighting for the little guy, the beleaguered nurses at a small Catholic hospital that has just been taken over by an enormous health care conglomerate and fighting each other."--Jacket.