The open road is the only place that seems safe to Shirley �Mutt� Hopper. Escaping her Mississippi home, she joins the other wanderers, riding freight trains and working in fields and orchards across the United States. When she begs a night�s sleep in a Nebraska barn, she can�t imagine how completely the lovely farmer�s daughter, Annie Callahan, is about to change her life.

Many years and hard knocks later, Mutt finds that at least Annie was able to pursue her dreams. Now a glamorous, wealthy and pampered movie star married to one of Hollywood�s leading men, Annie seems totally out of reach.

How could Mutt possibly take away Annie�s perfect life, even in the name of love?

It�s bum times and good times and the power of love in a sweeping romance from the award-winning author of Not Every River and Spring Tide!