Suzanne Hayes Books in Order

In 1943, two women begin corresponding while the men they love serve overseas. Letters between a New England mother and a Midwestern professor's wife offer support as each faces loneliness, uncertainty and conflicts at home.

Rita in Iowa and Glory in Massachusetts become pen pals during World War II. Despite differences in age and background, they share the worries, temptations and family struggles of waiting for loved ones to return.

Separate journals introduce Rita, a young Chicago waitress in 1921, and Glory, a newly engaged socialite in 1940. Each faces a romantic choice in this prequel to their later wartime correspondence in I'll Be Seeing You.

After their father's death, sisters Ivy and Rose discover that their family home belongs to a brother they never knew existed. They travel to 1920s New York to find him, confronting unfamiliar temptations and their differences.