The Search For Maggie Ward

Description for THE SEARCH FOR MAGGIE WARD by Andrew M Greeley:

Young Navy flier Jerry Keenan is supposed to be on his way home to Chicago, law school, and a postwar life that is socially acceptable to a well-off Irish Catholic family.  Instead he is in Arizona delaying that homecoming while he wrestles with his memories of combat and the men he saw die.  That may be one reason an encounter with a girl at a Tucson lunch counter seems so appealing.  Another reason is that she is mysterious, hauntingly beautiful, and very sexy---the perfect antidote for a troubled heart.  But just when Jerry realizes ho much he needs Maggie Ward, she dramatically vanishes, or is taken, from him.  And Jerry Keenan, in search of his destiny and his soul, must be willing to move heaven and earth to find the woman he loves.