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Olivia Dunne, a diligent daughter of a minister with aspirations of becoming an archaeologist, finds her quiet Denver life disrupted by the tensions of World War II. After an unexpected romance leads to marriage with a stranger, she is exiled to a remote Colorado outpost. Loneliness and uncertainty drive Olivia to seek companionship among the Japanese American sisters living nearby in an internment camp. As she navigates trust, betrayal, and the harsh realities of wartime displacement, Olivia learns to confront her own desires and the broader injustices of the period.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Ann Howard Creel
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