One blissful night of romance at an end-of-term party in the summer of 1951 changed the course of Ruth Brooks life forever. Now, five years later, she still lives at home with her parents, twin brothers and her daughter, Jenny. When Larry Patterson takes over the pharmacy she works in and shows an interest in Ruth, she begins to wonder if her life is about to take a change of direction if she can finally put the events of the past behind her. But yesterdays friends have an uncanny way of catching up and throwing a life into chaos . . .