Letters to a Rose Author:Kevin Cahill The year is 1962. Children of the Greatest Generation precariously teeter on the edge of maturity in a world soon to go mad. Nuclear winter threatens from the shadows of a genocidal war in Southeast Asia as America courts disaster in the sticky jungles of Vietnam. In a year, gunfire will ring through a sunny plaza in Dallas, and innocence will d... more »ie with the nation's young president. In the center of a trembling universe is a young boy - a single voice speaking for his emerging generation. He is sixteen years old, a wide-eyed aspiring writer and prodigy who, through daily entries in his journal, loyally chronicles his naive world of school proms and keg parties. In the bliss of innocent youth, he discovers a young girl, beautiful both in heart and soul, and destined to be his lifetime friend, mentor, and inspiration. "Rosie" is the true beginning of his life. Letters to a Rose chronicles the lives of two children of the tumultuous sixties whose love and friendship survives an uncertain world seemingly bent upon self destruction. They journey together through the ravages of the Vietnam War and its tragic aftermath, and ultimately emerge from the darkness of drug abuse and self indulgence their devotion to each other unyielding. Although the harsh reality of human nature forces the star-crossed lovers to ultimately live their lives apart, their friendship and respect remains sturdily connected by letters they exchange. We are voyeurs observing these two fragile hearts. They share an extraordinary friendship, bonded by a sad secret they must forever share. Through their heartfelt correspondences, they weather storms of pain and sorrow and ultimately the sunny days of joy and success. And as their lives traverse from late autumn sunsets to the inexorable dawn of winter, one must ask if the ultimate sacrifices along the way were worthwhile.« less