He couldn't believe his good fortune. She was here. Did he dare go over there? In 1899, six-year-old Mose cares for his baby brother while his mother lay dying. But all he gets for his efforts is scorn, a pattern that will continue throughout his life. While still a teenager, the naive boy leaves the family farm and moves to the city where he meets and marries the beautiful girl of his dreams. But beneath her flirtatious exterior smoulders a deep distrust of all men, fueled by secrets from her hidden past. This is the gripping story of the life they forged together in Northeastern Ohio, from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression, to World War II and beyond.