In this sequel to A Mansion on the Moon, Vivian Camacho; her father, Tino; and the Chamorro people struggle to rebuild their lives amid the devastation in postwar Guam. The Japanese occupation and the American battle to recapture the island shattered their homes and their way of life forever. Philip Avery's return brings happiness back into Vivian's life. But before they can marry, they need a home. A secondhand Quonset hut becomes the place. After a wedding celebration in both Chamorro and American traditions, Vivian faces the daunting trip to New York and the judgement of Philip's family.

C. Sablan Gault worked as a newspaper reporter, feature writer, and columnist. She then served as press secretary to a Guam governor, a senator of the Guam Legislature, and to Guam's delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Before retiring from government service in 2009, she served as writer and researcher for a Guam political status education commission. Catherine Gault was born in Guam and holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Guam. She and her husband David, a Vietnam-era Seabee, have three children and six grandchildren.