This is a wonderful but true story of a QA nurse and a soldier in the British Army. Joy's diary and Tony's letters have been combined together to make a complete and powerful story. Containing highs and lows of emotion, it is a moving account of a couple caught up in the drama of war. Even Joy's hospital in Italy is hit by the devastating effects of the eruption of Vesuvius. The story becomes the adventure of a lifetime as Joy follows Tony overseas.