Tommy Louis returns from World War II a hero, but only to find that the life he left behind is gone forever. While he is physically unscarred, he is emotionally broken and without a clue as to whom he might turn to for help. In the process of delivering his best friend's last words to his widowed wife, Tommy meets Jeanne. She's just a kid, at that point, but soon her life spirals into a place she never imagined possible. Both of them seem hopelessly broken, yet their lives keep circling them back to each other. Are their shared experiences and their shared heritage enough to help them find a way to save each other? Will the circles of life that began a hundred years earlier, finally come around to complete themselves? And will that happen in a way that most readers wouldn't anticipate?