When a young person dies, words sometimes can't help the way a small gesture can. So, begins the unlikely linking of a vehement anti-war activist, sister of a young soldier killed in the war, and a young military doctor from Wisconsin, Spence Andersen, stopping off for his best friend's funeral on his own way to Viet Nam.

Coming from a rich eastern New York family, Zoe Wingfield was determined to life her way and to use her passion to sway others to her cause. Try as she might, she could captivate Spencer Andersen in bed, but she could never move him from his sense of purpose and patriotism.

While his experiences in Viet Nam changed his perspective considerably, his need for Zoe never wavered and they went on to marry, find a lovely home to fill with children and laughter and to accommodate to each other as best they can. Yet, their circle of love can't keep cancer at bay or hold their three children safe forever, especially their delightful saucy daughter, Cami, so excited and confident about a job interview she was going to on the 74th Floor of the World Trade Center on September 11th .

Anna Schmidt has crafted a heartfelt story of a strong bond between even stronger willed characters as they deal with life, their emotions and determination to do the right thing. More "experienced with life" readers will get to relive the '70s all over again as Anna Schmidt has so realistically depicted those times while all readers will love the complexity of how the threads of life and love can still form a wonderful tapestry of connections and remembrances, dropped stitches and all. Everlasting love readers are sure to savour the changing seasons of this love story.