At the age of fourteen, Eryn starts college with the dream of becoming a physician. Until, two years later, her world is shattered by a cancer diagnosis, forcing her to reexamine her short life. She also can't help agonizing over the loss of all her beautiful, long hair.

Previously immersed in her books and studies, Eryn wants more than anything to be given a second chance to live the life she has only read and dreamed about. But, as she lies in her hospital bed, all the bargaining in the world can't negotiate with this death sentence.

Her memoir, Elegant Chaos, is the tale of how the dire events in Eryn's diagnosis combine to mold a beautiful and meaningful existence for one girl's life story.