Grace Styls' father is among the many Veterans of World War II using V.A. loan to buy a home and set down roots. Moving into the rapidly developing suburbs of Washington, D.C., not far from rural farmland, Grace slowly adapts to a different way of life. One filled with constant change due to overcrowded schools caused by the influx of young families and the continued baby boom. Reaching her teenage years in the Camelot Era of the Kennedy Administration, Grace witnesses the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assignation, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the demonstrations...