The first time Jessie laid eyes on Tommy Mc Bride was in July 1947, when they were still at school ï ½ & long before she knew anything about heartbreak or pain. Then she was the sheltered, dreamy minister's daughter, determined to take a bite out of life. & he was the fighter from the wrong side of the tracks, hell-bent on proving himself to the world. They had nothing in common, separate destinies. But in 1947 the world was about to move into new decades of turbulence & change ï ½ & it was only the fighters & the dreamer who would make it theirsï ½