"Rural Georgia, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Alice-Ann has her heart set on her brother's friend Mack. When Pearl Harbor is attacked and he enlists, Mack promises to write but doesn't confirm that her love is returned. Corresponding over the next three years draws them closer together. Than Mack's letters cease altogether. Dreading the worst, Alice-Ann fills her days caring for her friend's injured brother, Carlton. As their friendship develops into something more, Alice-Ann wonders: will she ever be prepared to say good-bye to her one true love?"--Back cover.