Her lifetime love, Jed, was gone and Amy Wickers lived in shadows. That is, until the new philosophy professor, Dr Ryan Summers, talked to her one day at the union, knowing details of her and Jed's life together that only the two of them would ever know. The huge question was: is this really Jed? Had he returned?
The war left only Sue Anne Reynolds and her old, black nannie, Momma Amalia at home. They were struggling but times were getting better and the yankees were marching home. Things were settling down, that is, until Sue Anne found the wounded yankee soldier in the lane.