When she is six years old, Allegra Dixon's mother leaves. Her father is unable to care for her, so she is sent to live with her grandparents. Attending boarding school, life finally takes a turn when she meets a dashing young West Point cadet named Shep Williams. They fall deeply in love. After college, Allegra has established herself as a book editor, and Shep is rising through the ranks of the military. But then Shep suddenly receives a posting to Afghanistan, and they decide to marry before he goes. But soon Allegra realizes that the horrors of war have begun to change her husband into a man she no longer recognizes. The trauma he has experienced proves to be too harrowing, and Allegra will find herself feeling utterly alone again just when she thought she'd finally found happiness.
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