Romance

Stefanie and Paul's romance at an upstate New York college in the late 1960s goes off the rails after graduation even though they had a great love story. Twenty years ensue, each leading life with a different mate until they find themselves single once again. Fate brings them together, through the help of some old friends, until a very unexpected surprise threatens their newfound romance. Anyone who has loved, lost, and reunited with a former sweetheart will relate to this story filled with family and rebuilding, and respond to a love which is anything but a straight line.

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