When Kenneth Ford suggested Japan for their honeymoon, Rilla relished the idea but after weeks of trains and boats, she finds herself in a foreign land alone with her husband. Still anticipating what her mother spoke about, she has trouble enjoying the beauty around her.

Rilla was barely 17 when she married Kenneth Ford, too young one might say but she swore she was ready after a whirlwind of courtship that the war threatened at every angle of her life. All she knew is they were happy up until the day he came back saying his ankle was finally healed enough. While Walter surviving the war, looks to find his own happiness on his own terms.