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.
In their almost forty years together, Zoe Wingfield and
Spencer Andersen have experienced all the seasons of love.
Yet when the rabble-rousing East Coast hippie and the
levelheaded Wisconsin farm boy first met, they couldn't
have been more wrong for each other. Nevertheless, the
young lovers seized all the possibilities life had to
offer and carved out a little slice of heaven on earth—
successful careers, service to the public, a beautiful
family, a dream home.
Even when the strength of their union was tested, they
endured. Two people so different in so many ways, proving
that true love can overcome anything.
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