Modern times and the results of war and betrayal bring about stirrings that will redefine several lives. Troubled hearts and historic events, rich with haunting feelings of the loss of love, rock the foundations of each character, and through it all, eventual survival. Each life is made up of a number of incidents, which bring famous writer Bosko Arandjelovic, beautiful Vesna Petrovic, and Harrison Barkley, assistant to Bosko, together in a story of tenderness, inspiration and hope. MOLLY ODEGARD NIKOLIC, born in Madison, Wisconsin, is a member of the national professional fraternity Phi Beta. She has a bachelor of history degree from Edgewood College in Madison. She was first published after winning first place in a world-wide essay contest to preserve the Serbian language, receiving the price in Zurich. She is a gourmet cook and has worked as an extra in a number of films shot in the area. Four events have shaped her life: surviving encephalitis, divorce of her parents, death of her mother, and her marriage. She lives with her husband and two cats.