Publisher's Synopsis
The Great Depression. World War II. Carl Tailor experiences each and more as one of the Greatest Generation. As he comes of age, he encounters the ordinary, the famous, the good, bad, and ugly. He finds friends and makes enemies. He loses love and discovers it again. Through hard and confusing times, he wrestles with how his life can mean something worthwhile. Will he find a reason to believe there is more to life than just living and dying and trying to make it through another day or will something much darker claim him?