Sophie and the Rising Sun

Setting the sleepy Georgia town of Salty Creek on its' ear with his arrival, Mr. Oto is taken in as a gardner by Miss Anne, the town's conscience, and soon enounters Sophie, a quiet woman who steals his heart, but when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Mt. Oto is forced to reexamine his new surroundings and Sophie must decide how far she will go in the name of love, in a richly textured novel filled with unforgettable characters. Reprint.