Publisher's Synopsis
In New York, a young black porter struggles through his first day on the joba staggering assignment aboard Robert F. Kennedys funeral train. In Pennsylvania, a woman creates a tangle of lies to sneak away from her disapproving husband and pay her respects to the slain senator, dragging her child with her. In Maryland, a wounded young soldier awaits a news¬paper interview that his parents hope will restore his damaged self-esteem. In Washington, an Irish nanny in town to in¬terview with the Kennedy family must reconcile the lost oppor¬tunity and the chance to start her life anew.
