Not much is written geared to the sixty-five and older. Adam disproves the belief "old age" is virtually a death sentence. Adam Montgomerie returns to Granitehead after thirty-eight years to reclaim his childhood sweetheart and first love. He is a tortured man and guilt-ridden about his abandonment of Jane Moss, a retired Hospital Administrator. Dr. Montgomerie comes to grip with many issues in his lifetime, and, ultimately, reaches an elevated place of Spiritual awareness. He takes Jane along with him. At books end, Jane Moss cherishes Adam, and understands his brief presence in her life as a gift. The reader must decide what that gift is