A story of love and war, and of a journey by a young woman looking for her grandfather, long missing and presumed dead in Vietnam. The narrator is the soul of Daniel, who has taken up residence in his rebellious and feisty daughter Nicki. Nicki has shamelessly begged funds from two boyfriends in order to make the trip--the brash and ambitious Joe in California, and Isaac, the hometown boy, who is devoted to her. In Paris, the first stop on the journey, Nicki meets and enlists the help of Leon, an old friend of her grandfather's from his days as a war correspondent in Vietnam. Nicki's mother, with whom Nicki has a strained relationship, is following right behind--accompanied by Daniel's best friend, Bill. Best friend? Daniel's soul is tormented by jealousy, and a strange love triangle develops