Through an off-campus job at Fort Lewis, twenty-year-old Emily Anderson meets a young Army reservist, Justin Baker, and their deep, emotional love built on the foundation of faith blossoms into plans for marriage, but as Emily's parents, Lauren Gibbs and Shane Galanter, draw inspiration from this young relationship and make wedding plans of their own, they must learn to set aside their opposing views on the war in Iraq. Original. 80,000 first printing.