"Dear Glory, Loneliness is built into the fabric of this war, isn t it? When it gets bad I say a little prayer before I stick my hand in the mailbox. The Rockport, Massachusetts stamp on the front of an envelope means the clouds will part, revealing a brilliant sun...." It s January 1943 when Rita Vincenzo receives her first letter from Glory Whitehall. Glory is an effervescent young mother, impulsive and free as a bird. Rita is a sensible professor s wife with a love of gardening and a generous, old soul. Glory comes from New England society; Rita lives in Iowa, trying to make ends meet. They have nothing in common except one powerful bond: the men they love are fighting in a war a world away from home. Brought together by an unlikely twist of fate, Glory and Rita begin a remarkable correspondence. The friendship forged by their letters allows them to survive the loneliness and uncertainty of waiting on the home front, and gives them the courage to face t