Intelligent, beautiful, and self-assured, Emma Dickinson has bright dreams for her future-for she's determined to follow in her father's footsteps and become a doctor. When she meets Patrick McCarthy, she immediately falls for the charming high school quarterback, who's also a local celebrity in their small town of Bemidji, Minnesota. They embark on a whirlwind romance, and Emma believes this will be a bond that can never be severed. That is until December 7, 1941, when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor..