The Sympathy of All Things

What would you do if you thought your life got off to the wrong start? At age ten, Leah tells her mother, "When I grow up, I will fall in love with a man named Michael." But her husband Captain Michael Holden has never been the soul mate she envisioned. So when Leah Holden packs up her two girls and follows him to Clark Air Base in the Philippines, she is looking more for a way out of Ohio, than a chance to repair her failing marriage. Even though she understands this move means at least four more years married to Mike, inside she feels the pull of adventure and thinks it may be where she will find the thing that's missing in her life. Shortly after her arrival, she meets a young enlisted man who talks of poetry, dreams, and Jungian philosophy. His name is Michael Harrison. Could this be the one she predicted she'd love? Before long, events unfold which force her to make an unthinkable choice and bravely commit one act that can never be undone. It's a decision that will haunt her the rest of her life. As hard as it is for her to live with the consequences, she starts to realize that fate has chosen this time and place to teach her unimaginable lessons about love, loss and her own ability to triumph. Can you change your destiny with only one decision?