The first time she laid eyes on Tommy McBride was in 1947, when they were still at school Before she knew anything about heartbreak or pain Then, she was the sheltered, dreamy minister's daughter, determined to take a bite out of life The fighter from the wrong side of the tracks, hell-bent on proving himself in the world They had nothing in common They had separate destinies But in 1947 the world was about to move into new decades of turbulence and change - and it was only the fighters and the dreamers who would make it theirs