One of the last of the Greatest Generation, and one of the first of the Baby Boomers, Kathy was born with a curse. A curse that men would kill for and women would die for. It plagued her all her life, until she passed it on to her daughter, who turned it into a blessing and gave it back.

In the midst of beginning adulthood, Kathy finds herself spirited away to face challenges so new and unexpected to her. As a child she had chosen to remain independent, but she soon becomes surrounded by friends whom she knows it would be hard to live without.

She follows her husband Johnny through the world of helicopters, war, parenthood and life, leaving behind her childish dreams, her friends, and her secrets, and gladly replacing them all with the one they call Cinnamon.

This is a story of tragedy, love, despair, and hope.