Tom asked Debbie out on a date when they were in high school. She was too shy and turned him down. He dreamed about her for years after that and several years later, Tom met Debbie again and this time things were slightly different.
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.
Not every day a 36 year-old single man "inherits" three under-age sisters. It's an 'instant family' he could get to really enjoy....but then, there's the mother also!
