Is it ever possible to truly come home? Following the second World War, Stannard Pickering has decided that he has tired of his wild bachelor ways and vows to seek matrimonial bliss with one of the women from his colorful past. However, the war's shadow has touched even the little college town of Junction City, Indiana, and even the spirit of Homecoming cannot completely banish it from his mind. Hidden in the pages of Stannard's little black book lies the answer to all of his woes—or perhaps it is right in front of him?