In the summertime of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps around the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. Even more exhilarated by the adventure of an eternity than she ever was by her predictable fianc’, she is drawn to a inexplicable soldier named Westry, and their companionship shortly blossoms into hues as deep as the hibiscus bouquets native towards the island. Under the thatched roof of an forgotten beach bungalow, the two share an exclusive world-until they see a gruesome criminal offense, Westry is all of a sudden redeployed, as well as the idyll vanishes in to the winds of battle. A timeless tale of enduring passion, The Bungalow chronicles Anne’s perseverance to discover the truth about the twin losses-of life, and of love-that possess haunted her for seventy years.