In 1898, dreams of love and success captivate the hearts and minds of the Stuart family Lylah, Amos, and Owen Stuart long for adventure. Coming from a large family with eight children, the three eldest of the Stuart clan want to spread their wings, leave their poverty-stricken home in the hills of Arkansas, and go in search of the American dream.

Fast-moving novel follows changes after World War I in the lives of the Stuart family. Their stories reflect the turbulence of 1920s America.

The close-knit Stuart clan becomes personally involved in WWII when several members of its younger generation go off to fight. Will and Clint are strongly rooted in their Christian heritage, but Adam's life has been aimless and bitter. While he fights his toughest battle within himself, he endangers the men under his command. The three cousins' military exploits take them from the Arkansas hills to the jungles of Guadalcanal, from Hollywood to the...

It is the tumultuous 1960s: Kennedy, Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, and youth culture are on everyone's minds and lips. Prosperity and progress are undergirded with a sense of uneasiness for the Stuart family, along with the rest of the country. With a movie deal on the horizon, Bobby Stuart's star may be rising, but his descent into celebrity drug culture might be his undoing. And young love is blooming between two people who never expected...