"True story"--Cover

"It's 1943 and World War II is raging when 22-year-old Nina Raff learns that her Army pilot husband has been killed while transporting supplies over the Himalayas. To escape her grief, she instantly quits her job, moves across the country, and totally changes her life. When the war ends, Nina connects with a man she hardly knows and finds herself plunged into a dysfunctional marriage. Her alcoholic husband won't allow any talk of her first marriage, so the past stays buried for the next twenty years ... until her teenage daughter finds a picture of Nina as a bride and starts asking questions. Yielding to her daughter's burning curiosity, Nina finally reveals the story of her passionate first love, heartbreaking loss, and struggle to rebuild her life - a story of love and war that binds mother and daughter together and has surprising ramifications for both in the decades to come. One of the great love stories of World War II, If My Heart Had Wings is an in-depth look at love and war, the futility of running from grief, the cost of a hasty re-marriage, a strong woman's journey to reclaim her identity, and the everlasting bonds of true love."--Amazon.com