A collection of short stories. The author's lucid often humorous tale portray the ebb and flow of love as a young man recalls his father's life and retraces his own journey from son to soldier to husband and father through the character of Ross Seymour, the author offers clarity of vision economy of language and telling details of time, place, and emotions that will be familiar to Americans who came of age in the 1940's - and universal to everyone else.