This collection of eight stories brings to life tales from the heartland, including a big-city reporter assigned against his wishes to profile a dying town on the high plains, an elderly man who wants to climb his favorite mountain one last time, a Vietnam-era army recruit whose weekend furlough proves to be more than he had bargained for, and an aging baby boomer s encounter with a young woman that stirs memories of earlier times and a girl who got away. These and other stories are sure to keep the reader enrapt from beginning to end.