Paul Peach is unhappy with his life as a train conductor, a theater actor and a husband. He is also fully aware that his wife, Elsie, is extremely unhappy with her current situation. One evening, while punching tickets during the train trip between Milwaukee and Chicago, Paul notices a soldier and his girlfriend holding hands; and he makes a decision that will change the course of his life.

Paul writes a letter to his wife giving her the freedom he wants her to have and begins his life as a soldier. Then he gets an opportunity to assume another man's identity, which leads to a love he never thought possible.

This book is satisfactory for a very quick read; however, the characters are a bit boring. And I felt if the plot had been more fleshed out, it wouldn't have been so anticlimactic.