Richard N. Roth

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.

大学時代にクラスメイトだったケイティとバベルは、第二次世界大戦末期に再会し結婚する。しかし政治運動に没頭するケイティと脚本家を目指すバベルは、次第に違う道を歩き始めることに……。激動の時代を生き抜いた男女のラヴ・ストーリー。