All her life, Birgitta lived by her own rules, was a successful surgeon, devoted herself to work, and didn't notice old age creeping in. And now she spends her time sitting by the window, watching others and returning in her thoughts to the past, but despite her age, experience, and worldly wisdom, she never stops dreaming of love.

'The Last Caresses' is a tender, bitter, and remarkably sincere novel about loneliness, love, and death.