Summer 1941

Youthful Adelia Montforte flees fascist Italy for America, where she is whisked away to the shore by her well-meaning aunt and uncle. Right here, she fits and falls for Charlie Connally, the eldest from the four Irish-Catholic young boys nearby. But all expectations for a future together are shortly throttled with the war and a tragedy that hits much nearer to home.

Grief-stricken, Addie flees-first to Washington and to war-torn London-and finds a position at a prestigious newspaper, and a possibility to redeem lost time, lost family…and shed love. However the past usually nips at her pumps, demanding to be reckoned with. And in a final, fateful choice, Addie discovers that the way home may be a path she hardly ever suspected.