One of the strangest cases of Cherry Ames' absorbing career comes her way while working as a staff nurse at Hilton Hospital in her home town. A young man, victim of a car accident, is brought to Emergency with a broken leg. Shortly after he is admitted to the hospital, the doctors discover that "e;Bob Smith"e; has been suffering from amnesia for several months.Who is he? Where is his home? What tragic happening caused such distress that his memory is a blank? Answers to these questions must be found if "e;Bob"e; is to be cured.Working under the direction of the medical and psychiatric doctors, Cherry plays a crucial role in helping the patient to get well and to find a solution to the dilemma that caused his "e;flight from memory."e; Clues develop as the psychiatrist uses various techniques to help the patient recapture his lost memory. "e;Bob Smith"e; insists that he is guilty--but of what he cannot recall. During her free time, Cherry follows up obscure clues and encounters suspiciously difficult people and an alarmingly tangled situation.Here is a fascinating story that will be long remembered by the lovable nurse heroine's legions of admirers, both young and young at heart.