A Rendezvous to Remember: A Memoir of Joy and Heartache at the Dawn of the Sixties

The true story of a soldier a pacifist and the woman who loved them bothIn June 1964 Ann Garretson skips her college commencement to tour Europe with Lieutenant Jack Sigg a tank commander on the German-Czech border with the hope of returning as his fiancée. A month into their rendezvous her best friend Terry proposes marriage--by mail--throwing all their lives into turmoil. Jack offers the military life Ann knows as an army brat. Terry a conscientious objector will leave for the Peace Corps at summers end unless the draft board intervenes and sends him to jail. Her dilemma: she loves them both. Caught between the old mores and winds of change Ann must make an agonizing choice. In alternating voices A Rendezvous to Remember presents firsthand accounts by the two who eventually married enriched by letters from the rival whose path led him elsewhere. Provocative and delightfully uncensored this coming-of-age memoir is a tribute to the enduring power of love and family.The story transcends personal autobiography alone charting the course of not just two disparate lives but a nation.--Midwest Book ReviewA love story youll never forget.--Hope Edelman #1 New York Times best-selling author of Motherless DaughtersHumorous and heartbreaking the dueling narrative is stunning surprising and inspiring.--Samantha Vérant author of Seven Letters from Paris