Willy Blunt is Judith Toomey's first love. When she leaves a small Nebraska town to attend Stanford, they vow eternal devotion, but their lives take divergent paths. In her mid-life, Judith decides to reconnect with the love she can't forget despite a marriage and child. This is not a unique premise for a novel, but Tom McNeal has made it surprisingly poignant. His characters are well developed, and the plot engaged me after I began reading part 2. I grew up in Nebraska, so those descriptions resonated with me. Tom McNeal is a talented writer with a gift for touching his readers' hearts.

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