Promises. Promises broken. Promises kept. Promises lightly made with little or no intention of ever keeping them. Promises fervently made - but soon forgotten. Promises honestly given, but unfulfilled due to the current of time as the weeks and months flow by us But there is another promise - so earnestly made and deeply felt between two people that it is never forgotten - but lingers in the dark, deep recesses of our hearts as a small, flickering flame. Years pass, others are loved, but the promise remains. As a reminder of another time - another love. Only two deaths can extinguish this flame - because this flame, this promise, lives in both hearts.
Ever come to the end of a good story and wonder what happens next? Follow the characters in this book - set in the turbulent sixties - through a decade of broken - and kept - promises. Laurel, raped at 14, must come to grips with the knowledge that no one must ever learn that terrible secret - and its harrowing aftermath. Vowing to take that ugly secret "to the grave," she finds the strength to go on with the help of her friends - known as the "Sukiyaki Girls" - and the love of an unlikely boyfriend.
Ever come to the end of a good story and wonder what happens next? Follow the characters in this book - set in the turbulent sixties - through a decade of broken - and kept - promises. Laurel, raped at 14, must come to grips with the knowledge that no one must ever learn that terrible secret - and its harrowing aftermath. Vowing to take that ugly secret "to the grave," she finds the strength to go on with the help of her friends - known as the "Sukiyaki Girls" - and the love of an unlikely boyfriend.
