At the center of this fictional novel is Jack Morgan - a down-on-his-luck U.S. Marine - who returns home after WWII with no job, no prospects, no home, no car, an unwanted divorce and a son he will most likely never see. When a job teaching high school history and coaching football opens in Bentley, West Virginia, Jack and his grieving sister, Nellie, decide to relocate and begin their lives anew. Jack soon forges a life-long relationship with...