Count the Ways — D.M. Ulmer

Count the Ways is the tale of a reluctant young businessman called upon to vindicate the memory of his grandfather. Flashbacks between the years 2000 and 1950 unfold a touching story of an unlikely romance between a US Naval Academy Midshipman and an obstinate Iowa farm girl. The grandson discovers amazing parallels between his own and his grandfather's life. The recovery of his grandfather's remains in Korea sends David Judge, twenty-eight, upon a life-changing journey. Lieutenant Junior Grade Brendan Judge, missing in action since 1953, married Carlie Buhl two years earlier. He was said to have betrayed her, thus setting in motion events that resulted in her tragic death. Survivors of the era unfold a moving tale of Brendan Judge's struggle to win the elusive Carlie over the objections of her father, Tom Buhl, who sees his daughter as key to preventing the loss of his beloved farm. Follow along as Count the Ways remembers the summers of 1950 and the year 2000.