Isabel already intended to marry Gilberto when, to her surprise, Carlos, her former fiancé, who had gone to fight in Italy during the Second World War and had been declared dead, returned after five years, filled with love and demanding their engagement. But Isabel no longer loved him. Carlos suffered and rebelled, yet he didn't give up. Unhappy with this new reality, he channeled his anger into reclaiming all the years the war had stolen from his youth.
Throughout this story, which unfolds between Brazil and Italy shortly after the Second World War, the novel seeks to convey the idea that, depending on each person's choices, everything can change, but always, in every case, the wisdom of life prevails.
