Red fruit

A familiar pattern for a story of wartime romance in which Kim Ingram, invalided home to a Maryland farm near Washington, meets small town Daphne, bound for a Washington war job. Kim, unsure of his fiances, Sandy, who forgets her men easily, breaks with her --and Sandy marries a glamor boy, while Kim turns for sustenance to simple Daphne. Invalided home a second time, Kim is again to Sandy's blandishments, only to discover new strength in himself when Daphne is taken ill and needs him..... (Kirkus Review)